⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their ten- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 39
- A 15-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 32 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 23
Q2 0:02 · NY 85-62 MIL
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 32
Q4 8:57 · NY 130-98 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:18 · NY 14-17 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 18 | Threes made | 10 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
