⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
-2Q127-28
+8Q233-25
+7Q325-19
-1Q419-23
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 44
- Made two threes to their eight
Key battles
2Threes made8
23Fast break points11
11Steals5
17Assists27
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 10:44 · BKN 68-53 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jared Jeffries technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:48 · BKN 67-53 NY
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 2 | Threes made | 8 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 27 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
