⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:47 · NY 57-58 LAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q4 7:01 · NY 92-90 LAL
- Winner
Langston Galloway hit a 25-foot three jumper, Jose Calderon with the assist
Q4 2:00 · NY 92-90 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Lance Thomas misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · NY 99-92 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 0:28 · NY 72-76 LAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 8:44 · NY 80-86 LAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Roy Hibbert misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:05 · NY 85-87 LAL
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 3:02 · NY 87-90 LAL
📊The numbers
| NY | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 26 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
