⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS 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 Celtics did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- They went cold, two of fourteen from three
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 31
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points 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
- Winner
Michael Doleac made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Howard Eisley.
Q4 1:54 · NY 87-86 BOS
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Othella Harrington Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q2 11:34 · NY 18-28 BOS
- Turnover
Michael Doleac Bad Pass. Stolen by Kedrick Brown.
Q4 4:43 · NY 80-82 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 2:03 · NY 18-32 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 3:51 · NY 63-72 BOS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kedrick Brown missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q2 11:34 · NY 18-28 BOS
- Missed FT
Kedrick Brown missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q2 11:34 · NY 18-28 BOS
- Turnover
Paul Pierce Traveling
Q4 2:13 · NY 85-86 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 10 | Threes made | 2 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 23 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
