⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen
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
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q1 5:05 · NY 21-17 PHX
- Technical
Jeff Hornacek technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 2:54 · NY 42-53 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 4:48 · NY 21-25 PHX
- Winner
Devin Booker hit a 24-foot three jumper, Eric Bledsoe with the assist
Q4 0:31 · NY 105-107 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 20 | Assists | 15 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
