⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 41- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 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.
Hawks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q3 10:43 · ATL 63-65 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 10:49 · ATL 0-14 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ATL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 10 | Threes made | 12 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 21 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 9 |
