⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 11 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Owned the paint, 46 points inside to 28
- A 17-0 run took them from 10 down to 7 up in the third quarter
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q1 7:13 · DET 13-7 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q3 11:18 · DET 52-48 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 5:59 · DET 66-52 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Hamidou Diallo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 3:30 · DET 77-85 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 2:20 · DET 18-21 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q2 10:19 · DET 23-36 NY
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run took them from 10 down to 7 up
Q3 0:00 · DET 71-78 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 12 | Threes made | 8 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
