⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The fourth 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 Spurs did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 41
- Looked after the ball, fourteen turnovers to their 22, and were outscored 24-15 off them
- A 19-0 run took them from 7 down to 12 up 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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 7 down to 12 up
Q1 1:08 · NY 33-21 SA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 7:44 · NY 97-76 SA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jalen Brunson misses free throw flagrant 3 of 3
Q1 1:08 · NY 16-21 SA
Spurs
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Dylan Harper flagrant foul type 1
Q1 1:08 · NY 14-21 SA
📊The numbers
| NY | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 17 | Threes made | 9 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
