⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 38
- A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Garrett Temple flagrant foul type 1
Q4 2:14 · TOR 92-112 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 1 down to 12 up
Q3 2:59 · TOR 70-82 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 7:46 · TOR 80-99 NY
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 27
Q4 2:14 · TOR 92-119 NY
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Josh Hart misses free throw flagrant 1 of 2
Q4 2:14 · TOR 92-112 NY
📊The numbers
| TOR | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 20 | Assists | 32 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
