⏱️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 second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 27-12 off them- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 40
- A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 10:21 · NY 14-3 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 1 down to 11 up
Q1 0:22 · NY 32-21 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q2 7:20 · NY 41-25 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 55% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 10 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 0 | Blocks | 0 |
