⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their 21
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 4:47 · PHX 116-102 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Jae Crowder technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 6:15 · PHX 51-43 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
James Harden flagrant foul type 1
Q2 3:30 · PHX 53-49 BKN
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:00 · PHX 88-82 BKN
📊The numbers
| PHX | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 16 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
