⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their sixteen- Ran them off the floor, 20 fast break points to 6
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses technical free throw
Q4 1:59 · TOR 107-105 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 0:57 · TOR 87-89 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 7 | Threes made | 7 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 18 | Assists | 19 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
