⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, 22 free throws to their 32
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 took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 10:33 · NY 11-6 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 3:14 · NY 27-18 DET
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 28
Q3 1:41 · NY 109-81 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 20
Q3 8:22 · NY 85-65 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 25% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 29 | Assists | 26 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
