⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their seventeen- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 3
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 24
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q1 0:09 · NY 41-26 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 2:34 · NY 52-48 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 0:09 · NY 57-56 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 14 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 12 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
