⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their twenty
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 10:46 · NY 8-0 ORL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 3:16 · NY 55-39 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Hart technical foul
Q4 10:52 · NY 80-54 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Joe Ingles misses technical free throw
Q1 2:30 · NY 26-17 ORL
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 16 | Threes made | 6 |
| 48% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 12 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 2 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 10 | Blocks | 10 |
