⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 33-13 off them
- Beaten inside, 24 points in the paint to 46
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:03 · NY 24-18 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q2 2:31 · NY 62-42 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q4 6:13 · NY 112-89 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Rasheed Wallace technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 5:24 · NY 43-34 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 8
Q3 4:20 · NY 77-69 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 24 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 33 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
