⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made thirteen threes to their six
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 8:17 · CHA 66-71 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 2:28 · CHA 42-53 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 11:30 · CHA 52-63 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 6 | Threes made | 13 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 16 | Assists | 25 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
