⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their twelve- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 18-10 off them
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 stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q1 7:37 · NY 20-4 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q1 1:29 · NY 26-16 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q4 8:11 · NY 92-75 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Archie Goodwin technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 8:33 · NY 64-47 PHX
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
