⏱️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 second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eight of nineteen from three- Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their twenty
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 4:01 · NY 24-23 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 0:59 · NY 62-64 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 11:14 · NY 31-37 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 3:53 · NY 49-60 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 0:46 · NY 80-87 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:09 · NY 94-96 TOR
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 8 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
