⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 29 from three
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
- Missed FT
Kevin Durant misses technical free throw
Q1 0:25 · PHX 30-31 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:08 · PHX 21-27 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q4 9:44 · PHX 103-110 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 5:30 · PHX 111-129 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Donte DiVincenzo flagrant foul type 1
Q1 7:28 · PHX 14-12 NY
- Technical
Julius Randle flopping technical foul
Q1 0:25 · PHX 30-31 NY
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 28 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
