⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
-4Q126-28
-2Q228-29
+13Q327-14
+2Q422-21
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 27- Won the glass, 34 rebounds to 24
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 23
- Made two threes to their eight
Key battles
0Blocks5
14Fast break points4
2Threes made8
29%Three-point accuracy62%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q3 3:40 · NY 79-70 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 62% |
| 31 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
