⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
They went cold, six of 26 from three- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q3 3:30 · DAL 62-68 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 5:35 · DAL 13-22 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 13 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
