⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their nine
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 took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 1:57 · NY 22-20 CHA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q2 11:19 · NY 34-23 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wilson Chandler lost ball
Q4 4:58 · NY 97-90 CHA
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson bad pass
Q4 1:15 · NY 99-96 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q2 3:00 · NY 49-47 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 8:41 · NY 58-65 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q4 2:40 · NY 99-98 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 21 | Assists | 16 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 21 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
