⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 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
▼ SA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 31
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 8:35 · NY 83-63 SA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 1:47 · NY 130-114 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 16 | Threes made | 6 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 25 | Assists | 18 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 3 | Steals | 3 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
