⏱️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
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 5:13 · NY 44-39 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 2:43 · NY 73-64 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Clarence Weatherspoon missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:54 · NY 96-88 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q4 3:00 · NY 96-88 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 2 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
