⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up in the third quarter
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
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run took them from 10 down to 6 up
Q3 9:00 · NY 73-67 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q2 7:31 · NY 41-44 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q3 0:24 · NY 77-84 TOR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 7:43 · NY 82-100 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
