⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:54 · NY 66-77 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Blake technical foul (2nd technical foul)
Q2 8:26 · NY 33-39 LAL
📊The numbers
| NY | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
