⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 26 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their four
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 6:40 · NY 18-18 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q4 8:56 · NY 95-109 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 2:07 · NY 83-100 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q4 10:46 · NY 86-109 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q4 2:50 · NY 108-128 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Richaun Holmes technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:40 · NY 76-75 PHX
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 15 | Assists | 27 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
