⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 37 from three- A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up in the third quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:42 · NY 8-0 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q2 6:12 · NY 47-45 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Mitchell Robinson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:49 · NY 66-63 WSH
- Technical
Evan Fournier technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:38 · NY 84-85 WSH
- Missed FT
Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:10 · NY 114-120 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 1:49 · NY 25-29 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 7 down to 5 up
Q3 10:24 · NY 66-71 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Aaron Holiday out of bounds lost ball turnover
Q4 1:16 · NY 109-115 WSH
- Missed FT
Spencer Dinwiddie misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:27 · NY 114-118 WSH
- Missed FT
Spencer Dinwiddie misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:27 · NY 114-118 WSH
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 17 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
