⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 36 from three
- A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q1 7:58 · NY 17-10 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:07 · NY 5-10 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Caron Butler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:48 · NY 114-110 WSH
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 16 | Threes made | 6 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
