⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their 23- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 10:55 · POR 8-1 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 1:00 · POR 42-55 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 2 | Threes made | 2 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
