⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 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
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their one- Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 26 from three
- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 31-13 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
A 14-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 9 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 4:20 · NY 43-31 POR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q3 2:38 · NY 78-55 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Wilson Chandler misses technical free throw
Q3 9:33 · NY 54-41 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 9
Q4 10:41 · NY 80-71 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 13 | Threes made | 1 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 13% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 20 | Assists | 13 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
