⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 44 free throws to their twenty
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 10:45 · NY 53-53 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 2:41 · NY 102-87 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 10:48 · NY 1-10 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 36 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
