⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Grizzlies got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Grizzlies won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 17-6 off them
A 18-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 1 in the third quarter
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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 1
Q3 11:45 · NY 68-69 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q1 7:33 · NY 11-21 MEM
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q2 6:31 · NY 42-58 MEM
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 4:56 · NY 99-117 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
