⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 35 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 28 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 16-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 37 in the third quarter- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 32
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q2 10:58 · NY 34-28 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q2 5:23 · NY 50-41 CHA
- 16-0 run
A 16-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 37
Q3 2:22 · NY 104-67 CHA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Trey Burke flagrant foul type 1
Q2 4:35 · NY 45-39 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Marvin Williams technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 3:02 · NY 83-67 CHA
📊The numbers
| NY | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 5 | Assists | 5 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 22 | Blocks | 13 |
