⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their four- Looked after the ball, fifteen turnovers to their 22, and outscored them 28-11 off them
- A 15-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 32 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their nine
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6 in the second 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 3:06 · NY 50-29 WSH
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 32
Q3 4:46 · NY 77-45 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 30-point lead to 39
Q3 0:08 · NY 86-47 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 6
Q2 7:18 · NY 34-28 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 28% |
| 14 | Threes made | 4 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 22 | Assists | 13 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
