⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q3 3:36 · NY 49-50 OKC
- Winner
Othella Harrington made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:03 · NY 71-70 OKC
Bad plays
- Turnover
Othella Harrington Traveling
Q4 2:31 · NY 63-61 OKC
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas Offensive Foul
Q4 1:57 · NY 63-61 OKC
- Turnover
Kurt Thomas Foul
Q4 1:57 · NY 63-61 OKC
Thunder
Good plays
- Ties it
Rashard Lewis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Gary Payton.
Q4 0:05 · NY 70-70 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 9 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
