⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
+5Q130-24
0Q232-31
+9Q324-13
+5Q421-15
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 28- A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
Key battles
11Fast break points1
5Threes made2
9Offensive rebounds13
25Assists18
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 16
Q2 0:00 · BKN 71-55 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jason Collins Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q4 6:11 · BKN 94-74 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 5 | Threes made | 2 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 30 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
