⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Jazz stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Jazz won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 40- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eleven
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 11-point deficit to 1
Q4 7:43 · NY 83-84 UTAH
- Ties it
Toney Douglas hit a driving layup
Q4 1:36 · NY 93-93 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Larry Hughes lost ball
Q4 2:44 · NY 89-92 UTAH
- Missed FT
Jared Jeffries misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:24 · NY 89-93 UTAH
- Missed FT
Jared Jeffries misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:24 · NY 89-93 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 6:43 · NY 10-22 UTAH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 1:24 · NY 31-52 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 3:01 · NY 58-74 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Deron Williams offensive foul (Jared Jeffries draws the foul)
Q4 2:58 · NY 89-92 UTAH
- Turnover
Deron Williams turnover
Q4 2:58 · NY 89-92 UTAH
- Missed FT
Carlos Boozer misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:40 · NY 89-93 UTAH
📊The numbers
| NY | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 28 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
