⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 28
- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 34-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 3
- A 15-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 44 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 16
Q1 5:19 · TOR 19-35 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 9:47 · TOR 39-60 NY
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 29-point lead to 44
Q4 8:15 · TOR 91-135 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 11 | Threes made | 22 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 28 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 37 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 34 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 7 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
