⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 21-11 off them- A 17-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 26 in the third quarter
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up in the second 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 took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q2 5:37 · NY 48-40 WSH
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q2 0:25 · NY 62-54 WSH
- 17-0 run
A 17-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 26
Q3 6:09 · NY 91-65 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Miles McBride flagrant foul type 1
Q2 7:13 · NY 34-34 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q2 2:21 · NY 50-54 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q3 2:14 · NY 94-75 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 12
Q4 3:37 · NY 114-102 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 15 | Threes made | 13 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 32 | Assists | 30 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
