⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 63 free throws to their 36- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 4
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten, and were outscored 24-12 off them
- Gave up second chances, 27 offensive rebounds to their eleven
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q2 9:48 · NY 45-34 DET
- Go-ahead
Channing Frye hit a 19-foot jumper, Stephon Marbury with the assist
Q4 0:58 · NY 112-111 DET
- Ties it
Eddy Curry hit a layup
3OT 4:24 · NY 139-139 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Channing Frye lost ball
OT 3:44 · NY 116-118 DET
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford offensive foul (Carlos Delfino draws the foul)
OT 2:31 · NY 117-120 DET
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford turnover
OT 2:31 · NY 117-120 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- Ties it
Carlos Delfino hit a 25-foot three jumper, Tayshaun Prince with the assist
Q4 0:05 · NY 116-116 DET
- Lead
Carlos Delfino hit a 21-foot jumper
OT 4:41 · NY 116-118 DET
- Lead
Richard Hamilton hit a 21-foot jumper, Tayshaun Prince with the assist
2OT 4:45 · NY 122-124 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Tayshaun Prince technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:31 · NY 74-73 DET
- Missed FT
Chauncey Billups misses free throw 1 of 2
2OT 0:08 · NY 135-136 DET
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
3OT 0:13 · NY 148-145 DET
📊The numbers
| NY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 48 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 27 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
