⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made nine threes to their two- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 50
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:12 · NY 12-5 UTAH
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q2 10:37 · NY 35-20 UTAH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Landry Fields traveling
Q4 4:54 · NY 87-80 UTAH
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 2 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
