⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their four- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 36 from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 0:32 · NY 32-29 MEM
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q3 0:59 · NY 92-74 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 6:58 · NY 11-15 MEM
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 8:56 · NY 39-41 MEM
Bad plays
- Technical
Sam Young technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:26 · NY 67-56 MEM
📊The numbers
| NY | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 20 | Threes made | 4 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
