⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 22- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 40
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 7:15 · NY 10-18 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q4 10:15 · NY 88-82 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 14% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
