⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
+3Q138-31
-4Q225-25
+8Q328-18
-9Q420-29
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their sixteen
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the third quarter
Key battles
10Threes made3
37%Three-point accuracy18%
23Points off turnovers15
21Free throws made14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q3 8:02 · BKN 79-64 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
T.J. Warren technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 1:59 · BKN 56-50 PHX
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
