⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 19-6 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dirk Nowitzki technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:31 · DAL 78-105 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 9:29 · DAL 31-44 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 9:53 · DAL 54-73 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 37
Q4 1:15 · DAL 91-128 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 7 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 14 | Assists | 28 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
