⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their twenty- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen, and outscored them 29-17 off them
- Beaten inside, 40 points in the paint to 72
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 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
- Go-ahead
Ron Baker hit a 24-foot three jumper
Q4 1:09 · NY 109-108 PHI
- Go-ahead
Justin Holiday hit a 25-foot three jumper, Ron Baker with the assist
Q4 0:39 · NY 112-110 PHI
- Winner
Maurice Ndour hit a 15-foot two point shot
Q4 0:18 · NY 114-113 PHI
Bad plays
- Turnover
Marshall Plumlee offensive goaltending turnover
Q4 2:43 · NY 104-104 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:18 · NY 11-16 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 9:07 · NY 33-36 PHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 5 down to 7 up
Q3 10:03 · NY 68-75 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 7 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 17 | Assists | 21 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 72 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
