⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the fourth 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 0:46 · PHX 33-21 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 11:11 · PHX 102-96 BKN
- Winner
James Harden hit a 27-foot threeer
Q4 0:31 · PHX 124-126 BKN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q4 2:21 · PHX 124-128 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 16 | Threes made | 20 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 28 | Assists | 28 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
