⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:13 · BKN 42-41 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q3 0:18 · BKN 90-68 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q2 8:00 · BKN 26-33 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q4 7:37 · BKN 93-79 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddy Curry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:34 · BKN 11-9 NY
- Missed FT
Steve Francis misses technical free throw
Q3 6:05 · BKN 65-56 NY
- Flagrant
Jared Jeffries flagrant foul type 1 (Vince Carter draws the foul)
Q3 1:38 · BKN 81-65 NY
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 16 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 18 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
