⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 11:15 · BKN 56-55 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 10:17 · BKN 84-66 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 1:54 · BKN 21-25 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 2:59 · BKN 46-55 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Luis Scola technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 4:22 · BKN 88-73 PHX
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 7 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 12 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
