⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 14
Q3 3:44 · NO 54-68 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 1:47 · NO 17-30 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 2 | Threes made | 6 |
| 15% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
