⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eight- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36
- Made three threes to their ten
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 23-9 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 10:15 · NY 30-34 PHI
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q4 8:33 · NY 83-85 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Robert Covington out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 4:26 · NY 87-85 PHI
- Turnover
Nerlens Noel bad pass
Q4 0:54 · NY 97-89 PHI
📊The numbers
| NY | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 14 | Blocks | 5 |
