⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
+10Q128-18
-5Q221-27
+1Q320-20
+3Q431-25
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 27- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven, and were outscored 25-16 off them
Key battles
22Free throws made12
20Turnovers11
5Steals9
16Points off turnovers25
📊The numbers
| NY | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
