⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 9:21 · TOR 51-42 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q3 6:16 · TOR 62-44 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 6:33 · TOR 86-65 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Aaron Gray and Carmelo Anthony
Q1 5:24 · TOR 17-11 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 8:38 · TOR 31-27 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Baron Davis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 1:10 · TOR 21-14 NY
📊The numbers
| TOR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 1 | Threes made | 5 |
| 8% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
