⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of seventeen from three- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 29
- Lost the glass, 19 rebounds to 30
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q1 9:03 · NY 15-4 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q1 2:55 · NY 30-12 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 8:53 · NY 61-47 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jamal Crawford misses technical free throw
Q3 7:07 · NY 61-47 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 65% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 67 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 2 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
