⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their seventeen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 7:00 · NY 15-12 MIL
- Lead
Jamal Crawford hit a 25-foot three jumper, Stephon Marbury with the assist
Q4 0:29 · NY 93-90 MIL
- Winner
Channing Frye hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:00 · NY 94-93 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson offensive foul (Mo Williams draws the foul)
Q4 2:05 · NY 86-88 MIL
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson turnover
Q4 2:05 · NY 86-88 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- Lead
Mo Williams hit a free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:53 · NY 86-87 MIL
- Ties it
Michael Redd hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:52 · NY 90-90 MIL
- Ties it
Mo Williams hit a 26-foot three jumper, Andrew Bogut with the assist
Q4 0:23 · NY 93-93 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Ruben Patterson offensive foul (Jared Jeffries draws the foul)
Q4 2:21 · NY 86-88 MIL
- Turnover
Michael Redd offensive foul (Quentin Richardson draws the foul)
Q4 1:16 · NY 88-88 MIL
- Turnover
Michael Redd turnover
Q4 1:16 · NY 88-88 MIL
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
