⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
+3Q121-19
+1Q226-26
-3Q322-23
+6Q429-22
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 23- Lost the glass, 27 rebounds to 40
Key battles
33%Three-point accuracy11%
4Threes made1
14Steals7
39Rebounds58
🏀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
Quentin Richardson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:29 · NY 90-82 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Matt Harpring misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:43 · NY 88-80 UTAH
📊The numbers
| NY | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 11% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
