⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
-3Q131-31
-2Q220-20
+5Q328-22
+6Q434-24
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven
Key battles
4Blocks0
5Free throws made14
30Assists14
14Threes made7
🏀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
Raymond Felton technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 3:13 · NY 102-87 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 9:17 · NY 7-12 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Assists | 14 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 0 |
