⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 57 free throws to their 25- A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up in the fourth quarter
- Made four threes to their thirteen
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up
Q4 11:00 · NY 85-82 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephon Marbury missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:32 · NY 103-96 CHI
- Missed FT
Channing Frye missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:42 · NY 104-96 CHI
- Missed FT
Nate Robinson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:06 · NY 107-99 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kirk Hinrich missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 2:58 · NY 40-50 CHI
- Missed FT
Mike Sweetney missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 4:03 · NY 94-89 CHI
- Technical
Chris Duhon Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 1:32 · NY 101-96 CHI
📊The numbers
| NY | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 13 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 52% |
| 45 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
