⏱️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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Could not get to the line, fifteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Patrick Mills misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q4 9:51 · POR 68-77 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q3 3:55 · POR 62-73 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 5:07 · POR 78-94 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:36 · POR 18-27 NY
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses technical free throw
Q1 2:00 · POR 21-29 NY
- Flagrant
Bill Walker flagrant foul type 1 (Patrick Mills draws the foul)
Q4 9:51 · POR 68-77 NY
📊The numbers
| POR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 8 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 10 |
| 7 | Blocks | 5 |
