⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 14 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
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their twelve- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
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
Q3 1:01 · PHX 82-91 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q3 9:55 · PHX 66-80 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 9:25 · PHX 93-111 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 12 | Threes made | 18 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Assists | 32 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
