⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their thirteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 23-6 off them
- A 17-0 run took them from 10 down to 7 up 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.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 7:35 · MEM 12-12 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 8:04 · MEM 61-52 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jason Williams Bad Pass. Stolen by Charlie Ward.
Q4 4:33 · MEM 85-87 NY
- Missed FT
Tony Massenburg missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:11 · MEM 89-95 NY
- Turnover
Shane Battier Bad Pass. Stolen by Kurt Thomas.
Q4 1:39 · MEM 89-97 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 10 down to 7 up
Q4 6:56 · MEM 85-92 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q1 8:03 · MEM 4-9 NY
📊The numbers
| MEM | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 4 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 24 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
