⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 9 points ahead of 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
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their sixteen- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 34
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 5:08 · POR 20-16 NY
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 10
Q3 0:47 · POR 75-85 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Deandre Ayton technical foul
Q4 10:04 · POR 75-87 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 3 down to 7 up
Q1 8:28 · POR 8-15 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 7 down to 4 up
Q1 2:37 · POR 25-29 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 6:29 · POR 33-44 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 6 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
