⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, five turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 21-9 off them- Won the second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to nine
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 9 down to 1 up
Q3 10:42 · NY 66-65 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q4 8:09 · NY 93-96 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Immanuel Quickley traveling
Q4 2:46 · NY 102-101 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q2 9:32 · NY 32-43 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 10:04 · NY 85-96 TOR
- Winner
Pascal Siakam hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:01 · NY 102-103 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 2 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
