⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-11 off them
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 14-point deficit to 5
Q3 1:13 · NY 81-86 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford offensive foul (Morris Peterson draws the foul)
Q4 0:15 · NY 108-112 TOR
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford turnover
Q4 0:15 · NY 108-112 TOR
- Missed FT
Stephon Marbury misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · NY 108-113 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 4:37 · NY 16-19 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Charlie Villanueva traveling
Q4 0:56 · NY 106-112 TOR
- Missed FT
Mike James misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:14 · NY 108-112 TOR
- Missed FT
Andre Barrett misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · NY 109-113 TOR
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
