⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ATL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Hawks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Hawks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their five- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40
- Ran them off the floor, 30 fast break points to 11
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
De'Andre Hunter technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:27 · ATL 51-68 NY
- Technical
Dejounte Murray technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:05 · ATL 55-70 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q1 5:57 · ATL 8-25 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Brunson misses technical free throw
Q3 9:27 · ATL 51-68 NY
- Technical
Josh Hart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:07 · ATL 80-97 NY
📊The numbers
| ATL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 14 |
| 19% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 30 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
