⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 28-10 off them- Owned the paint, 48 points inside to 30
- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the second 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q2 6:50 · NY 44-36 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q3 2:12 · NY 81-57 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 0:41 · NY 24-23 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 20 |
| 17 | Assists | 12 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
