⏱️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
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- A 14-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 29 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Brian Keefe technical foul
Q4 9:51 · WSH 75-108 NY
Knicks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q1 8:39 · WSH 7-21 NY
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 29
Q2 7:09 · WSH 34-63 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 11 | Threes made | 17 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 19 | Assists | 34 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
