⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Lost the glass, 41 rebounds to 56
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 cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:42 · NY 22-23 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Tom Thibodeau technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:51 · NY 59-63 GS
- Missed FT
RJ Barrett misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:26 · NY 99-102 GS
- Missed FT
Elfrid Payton misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:41 · NY 102-107 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q3 11:39 · NY 59-65 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 67 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
