⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38
- Made twelve threes to their eighteen
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
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 5:56 · DET 10-22 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Quentin Grimes misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:24 · DET 98-105 NY
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 18 | Threes made | 12 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 23 | Assists | 17 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
