⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their 29, and outscored them 35-14 off them
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 11-point deficit to 3
Q1 0:35 · NY 28-31 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q1 3:19 · NY 18-24 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q1 5:43 · NY 15-21 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 3:51 · NY 78-105 GS
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Jackson misses technical free throw
Q3 7:37 · NY 51-62 GS
📊The numbers
| NY | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 4 | Threes made | 9 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 80 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 35 |
| 29 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 17 |
| 0 | Blocks | 7 |
