⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made ten threes to their three
Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 29-13 off them
Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 5
Lost the glass, 40 rebounds to 52
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 6 down to 6 up
Q2 2:38 · NY 52-46 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 6:19 · NY 63-62 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Mitchell Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:30 · NY 55-59 WSH
- Technical
Double technical foul - Julius Randle and Moritz Wagner
Q3 0:07 · NY 71-77 WSH
- Technical
Bobby Portis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 9:02 · NY 77-80 WSH

Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q3 11:27 · NY 52-54 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 19
Q4 5:18 · NY 85-104 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Moritz Wagner technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:22 · NY 77-83 WSH
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses technical free throw
Q4 6:47 · NY 81-86 WSH
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 3 | Threes made | 10 |
| 13% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 19 | Assists | 25 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 13 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |









