⏱️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 and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 42 from three- Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their fourteen
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the second 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:11 · NY 8-3 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 7:33 · NY 47-27 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q2 2:48 · NY 57-41 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Brunson technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:48 · NY 100-88 BOS
Celtics
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q2 5:47 · NY 49-41 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 6:01 · NY 74-65 BOS
Bad plays
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 0:44 · NY 87-73 BOS
- Technical
Jayson Tatum technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:46 · NY 105-91 BOS
📊The numbers
| NY | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 12 | Threes made | 9 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 20 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
