⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets 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
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- Shot well above their usual, twelve of 24 from three
- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 37
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their five, and were outscored 17-5 off them
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 10 down to 3 up
Q3 5:03 · NY 66-63 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler taunting technical (1st technical foul)
Q1 5:39 · NY 15-15 BKN
- Missed FT
Amar'e Stoudemire misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:15 · NY 82-83 BKN
- Missed FT
Jason Kidd misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:07 · NY 84-87 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- Winner
Joe Johnson hit a 16-foot two point shot
Q4 0:22 · NY 84-85 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Keith Bogans out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:39 · NY 79-83 BKN
- Turnover
Deron Williams lost ball turnover
Q4 3:21 · NY 79-83 BKN
- Missed FT
Deron Williams misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:05 · NY 85-87 BKN
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 14 | Assists | 23 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 28 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
