⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 23 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
0Q132-32
-7Q222-27
0Q335-32
-15Q423-37
▼ LAL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their ten- Gave up second chances, sixteen offensive rebounds to their three
Key battles
16Offensive rebounds3
9Fast break points18
10Threes made19
36%Three-point accuracy48%
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 5:27 · NY 104-119 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 10 | Threes made | 19 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 3 |
| 33 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
