⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31 in the third quarter
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 8:44 · NY 45-34 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31
Q3 5:09 · NY 101-70 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Josh Hart technical foul
Q3 9:46 · NY 73-56 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 21
Q4 9:47 · NY 120-99 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Scottie Barnes misses technical free throw
Q3 9:46 · NY 73-56 TOR
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 4 |
| 34 | Assists | 28 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 29 | Fast break points | 20 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
