⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 25, and were outscored 37-9 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q2 3:22 · HOU 49-53 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 6:30 · HOU 80-99 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 37 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 25 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
