⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 7:52 · NY 92-71 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Nate Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:47 · NY 35-32 MEM
- Flagrant
Tim Thomas flagrant foul type 1 (Hamed Haddadi draws the foul)
Q4 3:00 · NY 100-83 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 15
Q1 9:23 · NY 7-22 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 5:26 · NY 94-81 MEM
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kyle Lowry misses technical free throw
Q2 9:47 · NY 35-32 MEM
- Missed FT
Hamed Haddadi misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:00 · NY 100-83 MEM
📊The numbers
| NY | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 13 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
