⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 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
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 51 rebounds to 30- Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 50
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Isaiah Stewart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:24 · DET 59-77 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 3:35 · DET 25-36 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q2 4:59 · DET 51-61 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q3 11:04 · DET 59-80 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 13 | Threes made | 16 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 17 |
| 28 | Assists | 31 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
