⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 10- A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their six
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5 in the third 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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 3:41 · NY 29-26 HOU
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 5
Q3 11:26 · NY 55-60 HOU
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 18
Q4 8:51 · NY 76-94 HOU
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Tyson Chandler flagrant foul type 1 (Jeremy Lin draws the foul)
Q2 3:39 · NY 39-47 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 11:41 · NY 31-39 HOU
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 20
Q3 6:07 · NY 55-75 HOU
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q4 10:56 · NY 67-94 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
