⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher 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, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 27-13 off them
- Could not get to the line, 24 free throws to their 35
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
Q1 4:23 · NY 28-22 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q3 10:02 · NY 79-53 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 53% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
