⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third 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 Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen
- A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 42
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 6:13 · NY 16-11 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23
Q3 4:43 · NY 86-63 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses technical free throw
Q3 10:27 · NY 59-48 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 11 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
