⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 22 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 22 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their four- Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 42
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 38 points in the paint to 58
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 9:51 · NY 14-3 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q1 5:01 · NY 25-4 NO
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 33-point lead to 41
Q4 5:46 · NY 114-73 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q3 8:11 · NY 68-38 NO
📊The numbers
| NY | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 20 | Threes made | 4 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 15% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 60 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Steals | 14 |
| 9 | Blocks | 9 |
