⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 28 from three
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 cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 0:52 · NY 49-55 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Malik Rose double technical foul
Q1 1:45 · NY 23-22 BKN
- Flagrant
Nate Robinson flagrant foul type 1 (Bostjan Nachbar draws the foul)
Q4 5:24 · NY 84-92 BKN
- Missed FT
Channing Frye misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:50 · NY 93-100 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 34 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 16 | Assists | 27 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
