⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their seventeen- Burned in transition, 16 fast break points to 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 0:26 · BKN 63-63 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
David Lee technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 8:19 · BKN 43-34 NY
- Turnover
Al Harrington offensive goaltending
Q4 3:42 · BKN 104-112 NY
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 35% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 32 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 0 | Points in the paint | 0 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
