⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors 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
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27 in the third quarter
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 cut a 26-point deficit to 17
Q3 8:45 · NY 64-81 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
J.R. Smith technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 3:11 · NY 68-94 GS
- Technical
Double technical foul - Tyson Chandler and Marreese Speights
Q4 6:46 · NY 91-109 GS
- Technical
Tyson Chandler technical foul(2nd technical foul)
Q4 4:33 · NY 95-114 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 9:55 · NY 6-15 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 1:39 · NY 27-43 GS
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 27
Q3 7:03 · NY 70-97 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 10 | Threes made | 14 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 14 | Assists | 25 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
