⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ SAC better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 35- A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten
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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 2 down to 10 up
Q1 9:32 · NY 17-7 SAC
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q2 3:30 · NY 52-34 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jimmer Fredette misses technical free throw
Q4 5:03 · NY 94-69 SAC
📊The numbers
| NY | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 22% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
