⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16 in the first quarter- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
A 15-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 14 in the fourth 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 14
Q4 11:18 · NY 80-94 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Beasley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:02 · NY 78-91 POR
- Technical
Frank Ntilikina technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:02 · NY 78-92 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 16
Q1 0:58 · NY 23-39 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 3 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 13 | Steals | 9 |
| 20 | Blocks | 22 |
