⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Beaten inside, 22 points in the paint to 38
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:30 · NY 16-9 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q3 5:22 · NY 90-71 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 6:46 · NY 17-21 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Doc Rivers technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 4:39 · NY 50-38 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 12 |
| 22 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
