⏱️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. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and outscored them 18-5 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
Mike Woodson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q1 10:30 · NY 4-2 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 4:43 · NY 65-56 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 7 | Threes made | 8 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
