⏱️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 fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their nineteen- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 23-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 5:24 · WSH 19-11 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q3 11:14 · WSH 56-54 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 8:32 · WSH 31-32 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 2 | Threes made | 7 |
| 12% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 12 | Assists | 18 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
