⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
+6Q132-25
+7Q234-22
-3Q325-25
+4Q425-22
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Ran them off the floor, 21 fast break points to 8
Key battles
7Steals1
21Fast break points8
10Points off turnovers21
14Threes made7
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q4 3:41 · NY 113-91 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 14 | Threes made | 7 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 35 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 1 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
