⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 40- A 15-0 run took them from 8 down to 7 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their eighteen
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 8 down to 7 up
Q3 7:54 · NY 64-57 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 4:15 · NY 73-59 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q4 3:38 · NY 98-81 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 16 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
