⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 33 from three
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 0:02 · NY 85-75 CLE
- Winner
Julius Randle hit a 25-foot three jumper, Jalen Brunson with the assist
Q4 2:07 · NY 103-100 CLE
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Quentin Grimes flagrant foul type 1
Q2 11:45 · NY 34-27 CLE
- Turnover
Julius Randle lost ball turnover
Q4 0:53 · NY 103-100 CLE
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:15 · NY 105-103 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 0:04 · NY 53-58 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q4 7:13 · NY 93-91 CLE
- Ties it
Evan Mobley hit a layup, Darius Garland with the assist
Q4 2:29 · NY 100-100 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Caris LeVert misses free throw flagrant 1 of 3
Q2 11:45 · NY 34-27 CLE
- Turnover
Darius Garland traveling
Q4 3:26 · NY 98-96 CLE
- Missed FT
Darius Garland misses free throw 1 of 1
Q4 2:50 · NY 100-98 CLE
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 17 | Threes made | 12 |
| 52% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 29 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
