⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
-1Q126-29
-2Q223-25
+15Q327-15
+4Q431-30
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen
Key battles
30Points off turnovers8
11Threes made5
24Free throws made14
19Assists29
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q3 3:36 · NY 76-69 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 4:03 · NY 20-25 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 29 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
