⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 28 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 31-16 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the fourth quarter
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q1 2:33 · NY 27-25 GS
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 11 down to 2 up
Q2 1:19 · NY 55-53 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Mitchell Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:07 · NY 36-48 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q1 6:38 · NY 16-23 GS
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q4 6:30 · NY 96-112 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 28
Q4 2:10 · NY 100-128 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMarcus Cousins technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 2:28 · NY 18-23 GS
📊The numbers
| NY | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 17 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 31 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
