⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 10:00 · NY 67-56 CHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Eddy Curry flagrant foul type 1 (Andres Nocioni draws the foul)
Q2 7:11 · NY 38-38 CHI
- Technical
David Lee technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:07 · NY 91-76 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
