⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eight- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 30
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q1 11:08 · NY 9-4 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 7:54 · NY 17-8 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q3 1:27 · NY 101-73 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 31-point deficit to 21
Q4 2:04 · NY 120-99 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 20 | Threes made | 8 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 26 | Assists | 18 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
