⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ DEN 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 Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their five- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 26-5 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 5
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 stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q2 7:52 · NY 48-29 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Michael Malone technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:23 · NY 92-64 DEN
📊The numbers
| NY | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 15 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 19% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
