⏱️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
+3Q131-25
+2Q227-26
-5Q322-28
+6Q430-25
▼ LAC better than we expected
The fourth 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 Clippers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 46- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
Key battles
60%Three-point accuracy29%
20Free throws made42
5Blocks2
9Offensive rebounds16
🏀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
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 0:33 · NY 46-42 LAC
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Corey Maggette Bad Pass
Q4 2:03 · NY 46-40 LAC
📊The numbers
| NY | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 4 |
| 60% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 42 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
