⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 20-11 off them
A 15-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 5 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 5
Q2 6:03 · BKN 46-51 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 9:06 · BKN 6-17 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 7:12 · BKN 61-79 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 1:56 · BKN 101-108 PHX
- Missed FT
Chris Paul misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:38 · BKN 103-111 PHX
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 13 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
