⏱️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
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their 21- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 22-12 off them
- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to five
- They shot well above their usual, fifteen of 27 from three
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1 in the second 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
- Go-ahead
Carmelo Anthony hit a 25-foot three jumper, Tyson Chandler with the assist
Q4 3:00 · NY 105-103 GS
- Winner
J.R. Smith hit a 7-foot jumper
Q4 1:09 · NY 107-105 GS
- Steal
Raymond Felton stole it from Festus Ezeli
Q4 0:43 · NY 109-105 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Amar'e Stoudemire technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 9:15 · NY 32-24 GS
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:34 · NY 109-105 GS
- Missed FT
Raymond Felton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:34 · NY 109-105 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 1
Q2 10:45 · NY 35-34 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q2 0:33 · NY 61-60 GS
Bad plays
- Turnover
Stephen Curry bad pass
Q4 3:13 · NY 102-103 GS
- Turnover
Jarrett Jack traveling
Q4 1:05 · NY 107-105 GS
- Turnover
Festus Ezeli bad pass
Q4 0:43 · NY 109-105 GS
📊The numbers
| NY | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 19 | Assists | 14 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
