⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, twenty of 39 from three
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5 in the fourth quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:21 · BKN 68-72 PHX
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 5
Q4 8:46 · BKN 107-112 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:26 · BKN 9-15 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q1 0:32 · BKN 26-43 PHX
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 4:50 · BKN 82-98 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Mark Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:39 · BKN 111-117 PHX
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul
Q4 3:28 · BKN 114-121 PHX
📊The numbers
| BKN | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 15 | Threes made | 20 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 51% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 28 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 29 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
