⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN 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 Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 37- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 29
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
Tim Thomas missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 8:52 · NY 35-23 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q2 4:16 · NY 43-35 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Scalabrine Technical Foul
Q2 8:52 · NY 35-23 BKN
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 1 | Threes made | 2 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
