⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 36 from three- Won the glass, 30 rebounds to 18
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 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.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 7:56 · NY 82-71 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:42 · NY 28-27 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:18 · NY 15-7 ORL
- Missed FT
Keyon Dooling misses technical free throw
Q2 9:41 · NY 28-19 ORL
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 7 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 85 | Rebounds | 70 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
