⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their four- A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eleven free throws to their 31
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Andray Blatche and Iman Shumpert
Q2 1:54 · BKN 41-46 NY
- Technical
Double technical foul - Kevin Garnett and Andrea Bargnani
Q4 9:11 · BKN 61-89 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q1 7:09 · BKN 10-24 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 25
Q3 5:18 · BKN 57-82 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35
Q3 0:14 · BKN 62-97 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Amar'e Stoudemire technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 9:22 · BKN 60-89 NY
- Technical
Andrea Bargnani technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 8:22 · BKN 61-92 NY
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 4 | Threes made | 16 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 59% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 11 | Assists | 24 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
