⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 23 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, sixteen turnovers to their 24, and were outscored 29-14 off them
- A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 8 down to 4 up
Q1 7:52 · NY 14-10 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q2 11:39 · NY 32-26 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 9:21 · NY 40-28 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:31 · NY 2-10 ATL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q3 6:06 · NY 90-75 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 2:32 · NY 126-107 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 12 | Threes made | 10 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 53 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 29 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
