⏱️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 third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up in the third quarter- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their seven, and were outscored 18-9 off them
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 10 down to 5 up
Q3 1:36 · NY 76-71 CHA
- Winner
Chris Duhon hit a 26-foot three jumper, David Lee with the assist
Q4 2:02 · NY 87-84 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Nate Robinson bad pass
Q4 0:18 · NY 95-90 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q2 10:11 · NY 30-34 CHA
- Ties it
Raymond Felton hit a 24-foot three jumper, Boris Diaw with the assist
Q4 2:20 · NY 84-84 CHA
- Steal
Gerald Wallace stole it from Nate Robinson
Q4 0:18 · NY 95-90 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
Ronald Murray technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:52 · NY 35-37 CHA
- Technical
Gerald Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:00 · NY 81-78 CHA
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 23 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 2 |
