⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eleven- Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 39
- A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 10 down to 2 up
Q4 6:22 · GS 98-96 NY
- Lead
Gilbert Arenas made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
Q4 2:44 · GS 101-98 NY
- Go-ahead
Gilbert Arenas made 5 ft Two Point Shot.
Q4 0:17 · GS 106-105 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:39 · GS 101-103 NY
- Missed FT
Antawn Jamison missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:11 · GS 108-107 NY
- Missed FT
Troy Murphy missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:00 · GS 109-107 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- Ties it
Kurt Thomas made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Latrell Sprewell.
Q4 2:56 · GS 98-98 NY
- Go-ahead
Shandon Anderson made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.
Q4 1:47 · GS 101-103 NY
- Go-ahead
Allan Houston made 19 ft Jumper.
Q4 0:13 · GS 106-107 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Allan Houston Lost Ball. Stolen by Jason Richardson.
Q4 4:50 · GS 91-96 NY
- Turnover
Clarence Weatherspoon Traveling
Q4 3:20 · GS 96-96 NY
- Turnover
Allan Houston Lost Ball. Stolen by Troy Murphy.
Q4 1:06 · GS 102-105 NY
📊The numbers
| GS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 32 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 31 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 14 | Blocks | 4 |
