⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ UTAH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 25 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Jazz did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their fifteen- Owned the paint, 54 points inside to 36
- A 23-0 run from level to 23 points up in the first 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
- 23-0 run
A 23-0 run from level to 23 points up
Q1 10:17 · NY 23-0 UTAH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 35
Q3 4:43 · NY 102-67 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Jazz
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q2 1:23 · NY 68-49 UTAH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | UTAH | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 21 | Threes made | 15 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Assists | 23 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
