⏱️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 higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nine of thirteen from three- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 28
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their nine
A 14-0 run took them from 12 down to 2 up in the third 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.
Magic
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 12 down to 2 up
Q3 6:13 · NY 72-74 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Drew Gooden Technical Foul
Q1 10:26 · NY 0-0 ORL
- Missed FT
Tyronn Lue missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 11:41 · NY 64-52 ORL
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 69% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
