⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- They went cold, seven of 41 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 16 fast break points to 4
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q3 5:30 · BOS 65-78 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
