⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 29 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 29 points worse than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 30-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
J.B. Bickerstaff technical foul
Q2 10:52 · DET 15-41 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 26
Q1 3:00 · DET 13-39 NY
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 27-point lead to 38
Q3 0:58 · DET 74-112 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 35
Q4 3:12 · DET 93-128 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Miles McBride misses technical free throw
Q2 10:52 · DET 15-41 NY
📊The numbers
| DET | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 18 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 5 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 31 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 23 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 16 |
| 9 | Blocks | 3 |
