⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ GS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Warriors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their fourteen- Burned in transition, 10 fast break points to 22
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Warriors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q1 2:54 · GS 28-33 NY
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Draymond Green flagrant foul type 1
Q4 11:01 · GS 99-90 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:41 · GS 3-13 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q1 7:18 · GS 11-26 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q4 11:01 · GS 99-91 NY
📊The numbers
| GS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 20 | Threes made | 14 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 26 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 3 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
