⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 37
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their twenty
- A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24 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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 5:32 · NY 22-10 POR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 24
Q1 0:07 · NY 46-22 POR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 24-point lead to 32
Q4 6:36 · NY 114-82 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q2 7:36 · NY 51-38 POR
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q2 5:28 · NY 56-48 POR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Sidy Cissoko flagrant foul type 1
Q1 1:30 · NY 31-17 POR
📊The numbers
| NY | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 19 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 23 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
