⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The third 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
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 27
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 6:44 · BKN 46-47 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 2:55 · BKN 27-30 PHX
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q3 4:00 · BKN 81-99 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 1:33 · BKN 118-136 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 62% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 27 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Assists | 35 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
