⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 34
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
- Technical
Double technical foul - Maurice Daly Ndour and Montrezl Harrell
Q4 0:28 · NY 96-118 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 25
Q3 1:02 · NY 78-103 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 28
Q4 7:41 · NY 86-114 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 8 | Threes made | 15 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 18 | Assists | 25 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
