⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their twenty- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and outscored them 22-14 off them
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 7:00 · NO 34-29 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 7:37 · NO 85-74 NY
- Winner
Desmond Mason hit a 8-foot jumper
OT 4:37 · NO 94-92 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Tyson Chandler lane violation
Q4 1:01 · NO 88-89 NY
- Missed FT
Desmond Mason misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:01 · NO 88-89 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 11 down to 1 up
Q4 3:33 · NO 88-89 NY
- Go-ahead
Nate Robinson hit a 25-foot three jumper, Mardy Collins with the assist
Q4 1:14 · NO 88-89 NY
- Ties it
Nate Robinson hit a 24-foot three jumper, Stephon Marbury with the assist
Q4 0:10 · NO 92-92 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nate Robinson lost ball
Q4 0:40 · NO 88-89 NY
- Turnover
Stephon Marbury lost ball
Q4 0:18 · NO 90-89 NY
📊The numbers
| NO | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
