⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their fourteen- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve, and were outscored 22-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Collins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:01 · BKN 44-60 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 1:58 · BKN 24-26 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Maurice Taylor misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:56 · BKN 73-79 NY
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 8 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 7 |
