⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 23- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 20-8 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 3:27 · NY 44-46 DAL
- Missed FT
Tyson Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:45 · NY 98-90 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 10:48 · NY 25-31 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - O.J. Mayo and Raymond Felton
Q4 4:01 · NY 98-86 DAL
📊The numbers
| NY | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 8 | Threes made | 8 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 57 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 17 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
