⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Timberwolves.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their 25- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen
- Ran them off the floor, 28 fast break points to 4
- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kevin Love misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:28 · MIN 89-96 NY
- Turnover
Mike Miller bad pass
Q4 0:22 · MIN 94-100 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q1 9:48 · MIN 5-13 NY
- Steal
Nate Robinson stole it from Mike Miller
Q4 0:22 · MIN 94-100 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nate Robinson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:30 · MIN 85-91 NY
- Missed FT
Nate Robinson misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:50 · MIN 90-96 NY
- Missed FT
Nate Robinson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · MIN 94-100 NY
📊The numbers
| MIN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 15 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
