⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 70 points inside to 50- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their six
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q2 3:59 · NY 51-38 UTAH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 11:40 · NY 95-79 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 31 | Assists | 23 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 34 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
