⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 33- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
David Lee turnover
Q4 2:47 · NY 92-86 LAL
- Turnover
Jamal Crawford turnover
Q4 0:20 · NY 98-94 LAL
- Missed FT
Channing Frye misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · NY 98-94 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 0:57 · NY 25-28 LAL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q2 3:11 · NY 40-41 LAL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Smush Parker turnover
Q4 2:48 · NY 92-86 LAL
📊The numbers
| NY | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 5 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
