⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 34 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q3 4:18 · NY 89-83 ATL
Bad plays
- Technical
Elfrid Payton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:22 · NY 59-53 ATL
- Turnover
Derrick Rose lost ball turnover
Q4 2:47 · NY 112-107 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q2 10:53 · NY 42-36 ATL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 5 down to 6 up
Q2 0:12 · NY 66-72 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 29 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 17 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
