⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty- Lost the glass, 28 rebounds to 40
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q4 9:18 · NY 89-103 BKN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephon Marbury misses technical free throw
Q1 7:58 · NY 4-10 BKN
- Technical
Nate Robinson double technical foul
Q4 7:07 · NY 89-103 BKN
- Technical
Quentin Richardson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:07 · NY 89-103 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 7 | Threes made | 6 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 19 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 12 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
