⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower 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, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
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 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 5:05 · PHX 20-27 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:35 · PHX 44-50 NY
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:44 · PHX 51-60 NY
- Flagrant
Devin Booker flagrant foul type 1
Q3 8:55 · PHX 51-62 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q3 1:51 · PHX 67-89 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Courtney Lee misses technical free throw
Q2 1:35 · PHX 44-50 NY
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 3 | Assists | 10 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 14 | Steals | 16 |
| 24 | Blocks | 20 |
