⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 37 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Tom Thibodeau technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:55 · NY 72-50 PHI
76ers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 7:35 · NY 11-16 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 14
Q3 0:28 · NY 90-76 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Andre Drummond technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 8:46 · NY 92-78 PHI
📊The numbers
| NY | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
