⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 29-19 off them
- A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up in the first 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run from level to 15 points up
Q1 11:27 · NY 15-0 MIN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 27
Q1 4:52 · NY 35-8 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 32
Q3 1:24 · NY 96-64 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q2 7:33 · NY 55-33 MIN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 5:52 · NY 78-61 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 32 | Assists | 19 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
