⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 8- A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21 in the fourth quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 6:19 · TOR 20-11 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 22
Q2 2:42 · TOR 58-36 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 21
Q4 7:50 · TOR 99-78 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 9 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 3 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 11 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 26 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 19 | Blocks | 12 |
