⏱️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 and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q2 1:06 · PHX 47-63 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 5:48 · PHX 67-80 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 24
Q2 6:43 · PHX 28-52 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 11:34 · PHX 75-96 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q4 9:38 · PHX 77-107 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 67% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 16 | Assists | 31 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 9 |
