⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 42 free throws to their 27- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 23-9 off them
- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 46
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 cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 9:33 · NY 59-63 CLE
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 4:31 · NY 75-74 CLE
Bad plays
- Technical
Amare Stoudemire technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:15 · NY 29-38 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 30 | Assists | 21 |
| 68 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 2 |
| 6 | Blocks | 4 |
