⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 38
- A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up in the second quarter
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 20-11 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q3 9:04 · GS 71-68 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Kerr technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:19 · GS 104-108 NY
- Goaltend
Jonathan Kuminga defensive goaltending violation
Q4 0:21 · GS 110-114 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 7 down to 6 up
Q2 0:14 · GS 62-68 NY
Bad plays
- Turnover
Alec Burks traveling
Q4 0:52 · GS 110-112 NY
- Missed FT
Alec Burks misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:11 · GS 112-114 NY
- Missed FT
Cam Reddish misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:06 · GS 114-115 NY
📊The numbers
| GS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 14 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 27 | Assists | 24 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
