⏱️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
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ ATL better than we expected
The first 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 Hawks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 27
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 42
- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 in the fourth 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q1 3:19 · NY 32-20 ATL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q4 8:04 · NY 110-82 ATL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 32
Q4 2:18 · NY 126-94 ATL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hawks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 11 | Threes made | 13 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 10 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 27 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
