⏱️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
▼ DET 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 Pistons did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their two- They went cold, two of sixteen from three
- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 24-3 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:03 · NY 10-0 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q4 1:21 · NY 104-90 DET
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Quentin Richardson misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 4:22 · NY 91-84 DET
- Turnover
Quentin Richardson traveling
Q4 4:00 · NY 91-86 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 8:22 · NY 70-55 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 0:44 · NY 81-67 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:09 · NY 51-29 DET
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 2:49 · NY 74-59 DET
- Technical
Richard Hamilton technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q4 10:57 · NY 81-67 DET
📊The numbers
| NY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 3 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
