⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seven of sixteen from three- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41
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 cut a 14-point deficit to 4
Q2 0:32 · NY 61-65 LAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 9
Q4 1:47 · NY 117-126 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
