⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their ten
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 0:04 · GS 89-98 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Stephen Curry misses technical free throw
Q1 2:47 · GS 27-26 NY
- Turnover
Monta Ellis lost ball
Q4 0:31 · GS 116-122 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 6:24 · GS 43-55 NY
- Steal
Raymond Felton stole it from Monta Ellis
Q4 0:31 · GS 116-122 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Wilson Chandler traveling
Q4 1:50 · GS 112-116 NY
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:42 · GS 116-121 NY
📊The numbers
| GS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 31 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
