⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 43
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 7:39 · HOU 15-8 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Kelvin Cato Technical Foul
Q4 10:41 · HOU 65-73 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 3:58 · HOU 15-16 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 15
Q4 11:12 · HOU 65-80 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 29% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 10 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 0 |
