⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 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
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their five- Could not get to the line, nine free throws to their 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 6:33 · MEM 35-47 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q4 6:48 · MEM 89-119 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 5 | Threes made | 19 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 18 | Assists | 28 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
