⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six
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 took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 6:31 · NY 17-10 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Robin Lopez technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 7:41 · NY 59-67 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q4 4:13 · NY 83-104 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 11 | Assists | 17 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
