⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Made six threes to their no
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 9:45 · NY 13-2 LAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 1:10 · NY 92-72 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 0 |
| 55% | Three-point accuracy | 0% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
