⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 36- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 28-9 off them
- A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19 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
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 19
Q1 10:53 · NY 20-1 CHI
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 35
Q2 9:32 · NY 58-23 CHI
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 34-point lead to 47
Q3 0:00 · NY 119-72 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 24 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 28 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
