⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second 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 Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35
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
- Steal
Eddy Curry stole it from LeBron James
Q4 1:54 · NY 91-89 CLE
Bad plays
- Turnover
Malik Rose bad pass
Q4 4:24 · NY 88-85 CLE
- Turnover
Malik Rose bad pass
Q4 3:59 · NY 88-87 CLE
- Missed FT
Malik Rose misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:08 · NY 90-89 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anderson Varejao misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:45 · NY 88-85 CLE
- Turnover
LeBron James bad pass
Q4 1:54 · NY 91-89 CLE
- Missed FT
Zydrunas Ilgauskas misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:34 · NY 94-93 CLE
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
