⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 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
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 33
- Owned the paint, 62 points inside to 46
- Could not get to the line, sixteen free throws to their 27
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 20
Q4 6:30 · DEN 107-127 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 10:32 · DEN 29-50 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q3 0:31 · DEN 87-117 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 4:04 · DEN 113-140 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 61% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 23 | Assists | 45 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
