⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of fifteen from three- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 30
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 54
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler flagrant foul type 1 (Marcin Gortat draws the foul)
Q2 2:03 · NY 37-40 PHX
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire lost ball
Q4 3:27 · NY 71-76 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marcin Gortat technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 7:54 · NY 25-25 PHX
- Missed FT
Marcin Gortat misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q2 2:03 · NY 37-40 PHX
- Turnover
Marcin Gortat lost ball
Q4 3:32 · NY 71-76 PHX
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 58% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
