⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of sixteen from three- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the second quarter
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 took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 5:22 · NY 20-19 DET
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q2 0:32 · NY 58-54 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Allan Houston Bad Pass
Q4 3:26 · NY 93-86 DET
- Turnover
Latrell Sprewell Bad Pass. Stolen by Ben Wallace.
Q4 2:11 · NY 93-87 DET
- Turnover
Charlie Ward Bad Pass. Stolen by Richard Hamilton.
Q4 2:01 · NY 93-89 DET
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Chauncey Billups Bad Pass. Stolen by Latrell Sprewell.
Q4 4:18 · NY 91-84 DET
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:36 · NY 93-87 DET
📊The numbers
| NY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 9 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
