⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
- Won the glass, 40 rebounds to 29
- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 29-15 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jae'Sean Tate technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 6:39 · HOU 65-68 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 7:54 · HOU 87-102 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Evan Fournier misses technical free throw
Q3 6:39 · HOU 65-68 NY
📊The numbers
| HOU | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
