⏱️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
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen- Made four threes to their eleven
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 1:10 · NY 74-72 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q4 8:26 · NY 84-75 IND
- Winner
Jamal Crawford hit a 20-foot jumper
Q4 0:00 · NY 98-96 IND
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford bad pass
Q4 4:58 · NY 84-77 IND
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford offensive foul (Jermaine O'Neal draws the foul)
Q4 1:14 · NY 94-92 IND
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford turnover
Q4 1:14 · NY 94-92 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- Ties it
Stephen Jackson hit a driving layup
Q4 0:08 · NY 96-96 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 12 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
