⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter but fell behind it by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:08 · NY 9-2 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 6:30 · NY 47-34 DET
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q4 9:34 · NY 99-93 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Hart technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 11:11 · NY 87-87 DET
- Missed FT
Jalen Brunson misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:30 · NY 116-108 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q1 8:46 · NY 9-10 DET
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 3
Q2 9:52 · NY 35-32 DET
Bad plays
- Turnover
Cade Cunningham traveling
Q4 4:19 · NY 109-103 DET
- Missed FT
Cade Cunningham misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:39 · NY 111-105 DET
📊The numbers
| NY | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 16 | Threes made | 15 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 25 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
