⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BKN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their sixteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 23-14 off them
- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the first quarter
- They shot well above their usual, eighteen of 35 from three
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 14 down to 1 up
Q1 1:00 · NY 30-29 BKN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 9:32 · NY 61-61 BKN
- Steal
Taj Gibson stole it from Joe Harris
Q4 0:18 · NY 97-101 BKN
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:54 · NY 63-66 BKN
- Missed FT
Marcus Morris Sr. misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:24 · NY 87-93 BKN
- Technical
Mitchell Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:12 · NY 88-93 BKN
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 7:22 · NY 12-16 BKN
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q1 5:59 · NY 15-29 BKN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q2 4:29 · NY 35-46 BKN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 2:08 · NY 91-96 BKN
- Missed FT
Jarrett Allen misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:43 · NY 97-101 BKN
- Turnover
Joe Harris lost ball turnover
Q4 0:18 · NY 97-101 BKN
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 18 | Threes made | 14 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 18 |
| 30 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
