⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
+21Q142-22
+3Q233-28
0Q326-25
+4Q426-22
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 21 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their five
Key battles
1Blocks8
17Threes made5
10Fast break points18
16Points off turnovers9
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 11:26 · NY 9-0 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 37-point deficit to 26
Q3 2:33 · NY 101-75 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 17 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
