⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- They went cold, nine of 39 from three
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 8 down to 3 up
Q1 7:24 · NY 17-14 ORL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 33
Q3 9:22 · NY 91-58 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Magic
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 29-point deficit to 19
Q4 4:20 · NY 119-100 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Moritz Wagner and Karl-Anthony Towns
Q2 1:27 · NY 64-47 ORL
📊The numbers
| NY | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 23% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 32 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
