⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 65 rebounds to 46- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 42
- A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Davis Bertans technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:14 · WSH 75-94 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 4 down to 7 up
Q1 8:58 · WSH 8-15 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 20
Q3 1:49 · WSH 64-84 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Reggie Bullock technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:23 · WSH 57-66 NY
📊The numbers
| WSH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 9 | Threes made | 6 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 75 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 20 | Assists | 22 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 5 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
