⏱️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
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 27 fast break points to 13
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 2 down to 9 up
Q2 0:01 · NY 77-68 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 7:45 · NY 85-73 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Karl-Anthony Towns misses technical free throw
Q3 5:07 · NY 85-77 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 60% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 10 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 36 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 40 | Assists | 19 |
| 76 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 27 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
