⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter and never got it back. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen
Went cold from three, three of fourteen
Key battles
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |







