⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nine- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 21-13 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 7
- Won the second chances, 27 offensive rebounds to fourteen
- Went cold from three, five of nineteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q4 6:20 · WSH 99-97 NY
- Lead
Antawn Jamison made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Larry Hughes.
Q4 2:36 · WSH 101-99 NY
- Winner
Brendan Haywood made layup.
Q4 0:07 · WSH 105-104 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Antawn Jamison Traveling
Q4 1:49 · WSH 101-101 NY
- Missed FT
Brendan Haywood missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:55 · WSH 103-104 NY
- Missed FT
Brendan Haywood missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:55 · WSH 103-104 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 3:51 · WSH 26-24 NY
- Ties it
Stephon Marbury made 6 ft jumper.
Q4 2:55 · WSH 99-99 NY
- Lead
Tim Thomas made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Q4 1:37 · WSH 101-104 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 27 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 28 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
