⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their nineteen- A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their eight
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 cut a 20-point deficit to 10
Q3 2:46 · NY 82-92 DEN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mardy Collins flagrant foul type 2 (J.R. Smith draws the foul)
Q4 1:15 · NY 100-119 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 26
Q3 10:52 · NY 56-82 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q4 9:33 · NY 88-106 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 54% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 9 |
