⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 30 from three- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 6
Q3 5:32 · ORL 60-66 NY
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Wendell Carter Jr. and Cameron Payne
Q2 7:13 · ORL 32-33 NY
- Technical
Jalen Suggs technical foul
Q4 6:04 · ORL 74-87 NY
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Karl-Anthony Towns flagrant foul type 1
Q2 11:23 · ORL 22-22 NY
📊The numbers
| ORL | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 20 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
