⏱️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
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 3 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 39- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their seven, and outscored them 25-9 off them
- Beaten inside, 32 points in the paint to 50
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 6:47 · SAC 62-63 NY
- Technical
Double technical foul - Darren Collison and Courtney Lee
Q4 2:23 · SAC 96-97 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 9:37 · SAC 8-10 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:57 · SAC 51-51 NY
- Go-ahead
Brandon Jennings hit a 8-foot two point shot
Q4 2:43 · SAC 96-97 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Joakim Noah offensive foul (Darren Collison draws the foul)
Q4 2:23 · SAC 96-97 NY
- Turnover
Joakim Noah turnover
Q4 2:23 · SAC 96-97 NY
- Missed FT
Carmelo Anthony misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:02 · SAC 100-103 NY
📊The numbers
| SAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 7 | Threes made | 10 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 22 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
