⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
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
- Missed FT
Dikembe Mutombo missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 2:55 · NY 72-69 NO
- Missed FT
Dikembe Mutombo missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 2:55 · NY 72-69 NO
- Missed FT
Charlie Ward missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:06 · NY 77-74 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Baron Davis Bad Pass. Stolen by Dikembe Mutombo.
Q4 2:04 · NY 74-69 NO
- Turnover
P.J. Brown Bad Pass. Stolen by Dikembe Mutombo.
Q4 0:18 · NY 76-71 NO
📊The numbers
| NY | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
