⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 15 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 22-13 off them- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 0
- Made three threes to their nine
- They shot well above their usual, nine of seventeen from three
- Lost the glass, 26 rebounds to 38
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 8:33 · TOR 64-64 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Parker misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q3 7:47 · TOR 59-64 NY
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:47 · TOR 99-95 NY
- Turnover
Kris Humphries bad pass
Q4 1:27 · TOR 100-95 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 4 down to 12 up
Q2 10:37 · TOR 31-43 NY
- Steal
Mardy Collins stole it from Kris Humphries
Q4 1:27 · TOR 100-95 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nate Robinson misses technical free throw
Q3 5:22 · TOR 64-68 NY
- Turnover
Malik Rose bad pass
Q4 3:25 · TOR 97-89 NY
- Missed FT
Steve Francis misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:55 · TOR 97-89 NY
📊The numbers
| TOR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 3 | Threes made | 9 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
