⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 47 free throws to their 26- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 33
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 24-4 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 9:00 · BKN 103-87 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
D'Angelo Russell technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:02 · BKN 56-55 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 5:03 · BKN 19-28 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 7:59 · BKN 71-73 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q4 2:48 · BKN 109-99 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 9 | Threes made | 8 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 78 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 17 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 11 |
