⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ LAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 36- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the second quarter
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q2 8:37 · NY 40-34 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 10:46 · NY 66-49 LAC
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 6:04 · NY 76-64 LAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Clippers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 2
Q3 9:25 · NY 66-64 LAC
Bad plays
- Technical
Blake Griffin technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:19 · NY 91-74 LAC
📊The numbers
| NY | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 13 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 5 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 22 | Steals | 21 |
| 26 | Blocks | 23 |
