⏱️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
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Nets did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 28- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 28
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q1 8:46 · BKN 12-7 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 4:25 · BKN 41-45 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Michael Porter Jr. misses technical free throw
Q1 10:07 · BKN 2-3 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 3 down to 8 up
Q2 8:55 · BKN 31-39 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 14 | Threes made | 12 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 34% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 28 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
