⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 25 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 26-5 off them
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q2 4:06 · DET 34-54 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 11:38 · DET 0-14 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 37
Q4 7:20 · DET 72-109 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 32-point lead to 44
Q4 3:38 · DET 77-121 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Julius Randle technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:30 · DET 38-60 NY
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 19 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 49% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 31 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 5 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 4 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 11 |
