⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eight- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 39
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their seven
A 12-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 20 in the fourth quarter
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 11:35 · NY 51-28 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 27
Q3 8:47 · NY 90-63 NO
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q3 0:37 · NY 106-82 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 4:08 · NY 94-78 NO
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 20
Q4 3:47 · NY 126-106 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Brandon Ingram technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:44 · NY 116-90 NO
📊The numbers
| NY | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 19 | Threes made | 8 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 1 | Steals | 11 |
| 7 | Blocks | 0 |
