⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 48
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 9:45 · PHX 13-8 BKN
- Steal
Ronnie Price stole it from Deron Williams
Q4 0:45 · PHX 99-107 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jared Dudley bad pass
Q4 0:48 · PHX 99-107 BKN
- Turnover
Channing Frye out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 0:34 · PHX 101-108 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q4 9:27 · PHX 88-100 BKN
- Steal
MarShon Brooks stole it from Jared Dudley
Q4 0:48 · PHX 99-107 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:57 · PHX 97-102 BKN
- Turnover
Deron Williams lost ball
Q4 0:45 · PHX 99-107 BKN
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:41 · PHX 101-108 BKN
📊The numbers
| PHX | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
