⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
+1Q130-29
-1Q230-28
+5Q335-24
-3Q419-23
▼ BKN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 35- Owned the paint, 50 points inside to 24
- They shot well above their usual, seventeen of 41 from three
- Could not get to the line, nineteen free throws to their 30
Key battles
50Points in the paint24
4Steals1
16Fast break points8
8Points off turnovers14
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 11:30 · NY 41-31 BKN
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Karl-Anthony Towns flagrant foul type 1
Q1 7:21 · NY 10-6 BKN
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | BKN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 13 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 33 | Assists | 31 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 1 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
