⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 44
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
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul
Q2 1:13 · PHX 52-72 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q1 10:50 · PHX 3-14 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q1 2:24 · PHX 18-37 NY
📊The numbers
| PHX | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 19 | Threes made | 19 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 30 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
