⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and outscored them 25-11 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 1:57 · NY 61-47 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Carmelo Anthony flagrant foul type 1 (Landry Fields draws the foul)
Q3 10:51 · NY 61-47 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 4 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 17% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 20 | Assists | 13 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 14 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
