⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 10 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MEM better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Grizzlies.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 35- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their twelve
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 6 down to 4 up
Q1 3:33 · MEM 25-21 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 6:36 · MEM 12-19 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q3 4:24 · MEM 69-81 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MEM | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 14 | Steals | 11 |
| 6 | Blocks | 11 |
