⏱️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 third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 24-7 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Ronny Turiaf technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:00 · NY 63-59 SA
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:32 · NY 70-63 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 3:11 · NY 29-31 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 8 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
