⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their seven
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 3 down to 7 up
Q1 1:57 · NY 35-28 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q3 9:49 · NY 67-66 BKN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Justin Hamilton flagrant foul type 1 (Kyle O'Quinn draws the foul)
Q1 1:07 · NY 30-26 BKN
- Missed FT
Randy Foye misses technical free throw
Q2 6:52 · NY 46-37 BKN
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 19 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
