⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 17 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 28-12 off them
- Lost the glass, 31 rebounds to 46
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 took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 5:03 · PHX 42-39 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 1:59 · PHX 55-47 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q3 6:48 · PHX 73-60 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
