⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 37 from three
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 10:54 · NY 8-3 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 22
Q2 2:39 · NY 63-41 BKN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q2 7:30 · NY 44-36 BKN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 13
Q3 8:03 · NY 72-59 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
Allen Crabbe technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:21 · NY 71-52 BKN
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 6 | Assists | 3 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 11 | Steals | 17 |
| 13 | Blocks | 21 |
