⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their sixteen
- Lost the glass, 34 rebounds to 44
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 48
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wilson Chandler bad pass
Q4 0:33 · NY 94-89 CHA
- Missed FT
Chris Duhon misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 0:22 · NY 94-92 CHA
- Missed FT
Danilo Gallinari misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · NY 95-94 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Stephen Jackson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:29 · NY 42-38 CHA
- Turnover
Raymond Felton bad pass
Q4 1:57 · NY 92-87 CHA
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 5 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
