⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
They went cold, three of thirteen from three- Gave up second chances, 23 offensive rebounds 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.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tim Thomas missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:54 · NY 83-79 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q4 5:43 · NY 79-77 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Turnover
Q4 2:13 · NY 83-79 CHA
- Missed FT
Gerald Wallace missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:39 · NY 84-80 CHA
- Turnover
Jason Hart Bad Pass
Q4 0:41 · NY 86-80 CHA
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 4 | Threes made | 3 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 23 |
| 19 | Assists | 14 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 13 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
