⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ OKC better than we expected
-19Q121-36
-3Q230-32
-4Q319-25
+5Q423-18
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their two- Shot well above their usual, ten of nineteen from three
Key battles
14%Three-point accuracy53%
2Threes made10
6Steals3
10Turnovers14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 0:27 · OKC 51-73 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddy Curry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 9:06 · OKC 2-9 NY
📊The numbers
| OKC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 2 | Threes made | 10 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 23 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
