⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 32-10 off them
- Beaten inside, 46 points in the paint to 70
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 11:01 · PHX 10-1 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q1 5:31 · PHX 33-13 BKN
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 20
Q2 1:26 · PHX 70-50 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q1 1:44 · PHX 37-30 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 9:55 · PHX 42-40 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Kenny Atkinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 4:35 · PHX 32-13 BKN
📊The numbers
| PHX | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 19 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 37 | Assists | 27 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 70 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
