⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 22 from three- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 16-4 off them
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 stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q2 6:20 · NY 45-28 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Shandon Anderson missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:50 · NY 83-81 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q2 1:44 · NY 49-38 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 4
Q3 0:59 · NY 68-64 DEN
- Winner
Voshon Lenard made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by George McCloud.
Q4 0:39 · NY 83-84 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 6 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
