⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their seventeen, and were outscored 26-8 off them
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 5:01 · TOR 27-17 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run from level to 11 points up
Q4 10:04 · TOR 99-88 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Fred VanVleet technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:43 · TOR 83-81 NY
- Missed FT
Pascal Siakam misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:09 · TOR 122-114 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 9 down to 3 up
Q3 3:15 · TOR 83-86 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Jalen Brunson flagrant foul type 1
Q2 2:17 · TOR 56-49 NY
- Missed FT
Julius Randle misses technical free throw
Q3 1:43 · TOR 83-81 NY
📊The numbers
| TOR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 18 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 44% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 30 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
