⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, fourteen of twenty from three
- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 21-10 off them
- Could not get to the line, 21 free throws to their 39
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 cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 3:06 · NY 84-93 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 1:54 · NY 102-113 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 5:16 · NY 90-111 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Antawn Jamison technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:35 · NY 84-95 WSH
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 70% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 17 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
