⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 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 seventeen threes to their seven- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 39
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 2 down to 6 up
Q1 11:15 · PHX 8-2 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 2:48 · PHX 90-73 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 26
Q4 8:26 · PHX 105-79 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 4:19 · PHX 46-45 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 16
Q4 6:14 · PHX 105-89 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 7 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 22 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 35 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 4 |
| 8 | Blocks | 7 |
