⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their seven- A 21-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 32 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.
Knicks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 4 down to 10 up
Q1 9:08 · NY 14-4 PHX
- 21-0 run
A 21-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 32
Q2 8:45 · NY 52-20 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 5:03 · NY 74-43 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Brunson misses technical free throw
Q2 10:34 · NY 27-16 PHX
Suns
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
