⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ OKC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- They went cold, three of seventeen from three
- Lost the glass, 43 rebounds to 53
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 8:41 · NY 44-41 OKC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q2 2:03 · NY 63-51 OKC
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 7:58 · NY 80-61 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q4 2:47 · NY 112-98 OKC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | OKC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 10 | Threes made | 3 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 30 | Assists | 15 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 9 | Blocks | 6 |
