⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 13 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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 21, and outscored them 28-13 off them- Won the second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to five
- A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26 in the first 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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 26
Q1 0:17 · BKN 46-20 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 29
Q4 7:16 · BKN 107-78 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 0:27 · BKN 65-59 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Kurt Thomas Technical Foul
Q3 9:20 · BKN 69-59 NY
- Missed FT
Allan Houston missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 7:48 · BKN 74-61 NY
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 10 | Threes made | 7 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 30 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
