⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 7:48 · NY 20-10 PHX
- Go-ahead
Raymond Felton hit a three jumper, Carmelo Anthony with the assist
Q4 0:53 · NY 92-90 PHX
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q4 3:15 · NY 98-93 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenyon Martin technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 6:07 · NY 40-30 PHX
- Turnover
Iman Shumpert offensive foul (Goran Dragic draws the foul)
Q4 2:21 · NY 89-90 PHX
- Turnover
Iman Shumpert turnover
Q4 2:21 · NY 89-90 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:57 · NY 52-50 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q4 6:24 · NY 83-88 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Goran Dragic bad pass
Q4 2:26 · NY 89-90 PHX
- Missed FT
Channing Frye misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 3:00 · NY 96-92 PHX
- Missed FT
Channing Frye misses free throw 1 of 2
OT 0:02 · NY 98-95 PHX
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 35% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 11 | Assists | 14 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
