⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their thirteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 16
Q1 9:26 · NY 19-3 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q3 5:58 · NY 73-59 ATL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Quentin Grimes flagrant foul type 1
Q1 0:32 · NY 30-16 ATL
Hawks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q1 0:32 · NY 30-25 ATL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 9:33 · NY 65-59 ATL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bogdan Bogdanovic misses free throw flagrant 2 of 3
Q1 0:32 · NY 30-17 ATL
📊The numbers
| NY | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 20 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 28 | Assists | 23 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
