⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score quarter by quarter is not in yet.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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 4 down to 7 up
Q1 10:27 · NY 11-4 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 5:00 · NY 32-13 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q4 10:33 · NY 96-76 CHA
Bad plays
- Turnover
Carmelo Anthony lost ball turnover
Q4 1:23 · NY 102-95 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 17
Q3 10:22 · NY 74-57 CHA
- Steal
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist stole it from Carmelo Anthony
Q4 1:23 · NY 102-95 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 14 | Assists | 18 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
