⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 16 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ SAC better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 21 points worse than our numbers for the Kings.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q1 5:26 · SAC 25-11 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Alvin Gentry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:02 · SAC 63-45 NY
- Technical
Domantas Sabonis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:35 · SAC 98-112 NY
- Technical
Domantas Sabonis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:35 · SAC 98-113 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q2 0:30 · SAC 63-55 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q3 4:55 · SAC 80-83 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 13
Q4 8:18 · SAC 94-107 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| SAC | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 18 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 19 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 6 |
