⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ UTAH better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Jazz.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, eleven of twenty from three- Lost the glass, 36 rebounds to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Jazz
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 1:52 · UTAH 24-22 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 0:54 · UTAH 78-85 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Enes Kanter misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:25 · UTAH 98-102 NY
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:32 · UTAH 112-115 NY
- Missed FT
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:32 · UTAH 112-115 NY
📊The numbers
| UTAH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 55% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 6 | Assists | 6 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 17 | Steals | 12 |
| 20 | Blocks | 26 |
