⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 38 rebounds to 26- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 4:26 · NY 22-30 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q2 8:34 · NY 39-55 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q3 6:47 · NY 69-87 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 62% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Assists | 33 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
