⏱️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
+5Q133-24
+1Q224-21
+12Q324-12
0Q432-29
▼ DET better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their three- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22
Key battles
6Blocks1
9Threes made3
4Offensive rebounds10
25Assists13
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q3 9:12 · NY 70-49 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 3 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 13 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
