⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
They went cold, five of 22 from three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
- A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18 in the fourth quarter
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q3 2:57 · NY 64-59 SA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 18
Q4 10:25 · NY 78-60 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Devin Brown missed Technical Free Throw.
Q4 3:11 · NY 82-65 SA
📊The numbers
| NY | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
