⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their five- Looked after the ball, twenty turnovers to their 27, and outscored them 31-16 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 9
- A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15 in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 15
Q1 5:52 · NY 27-12 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 30
Q4 8:56 · NY 97-67 POR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 40
Q4 5:50 · NY 111-71 POR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Landry Fields misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 9:10 · NY 59-29 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 25
Q3 8:04 · NY 62-37 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 21
Q3 1:31 · NY 78-57 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Marcus Camby flagrant foul type 1 (Landry Fields draws the foul)
Q3 9:10 · NY 59-29 POR
📊The numbers
| NY | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 19 | Threes made | 5 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 35 | Assists | 11 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 30 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 27 |
| 12 | Steals | 14 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
