⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
They went cold, four of 21 from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their fourteen
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight
- Beaten inside, 28 points in the paint to 46
A 19-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 3 in the fourth 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 8:03 · NY 42-34 MIN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 2:32 · NY 58-38 MIN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Arron Afflalo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:24 · NY 98-92 MIN
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 13
Q3 9:12 · NY 64-51 MIN
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 3
Q4 4:54 · NY 105-102 MIN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Shabazz Muhammad flagrant foul type 1 (Sasha Vujacic draws the foul)
Q1 1:44 · NY 22-20 MIN
📊The numbers
| NY | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 12 |
| 10 | Blocks | 2 |
