⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second 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 76ers did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 39 rebounds to 28
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 32
- Could not get to the line, seventeen free throws to their 34
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 18
Q2 5:36 · NY 57-39 PHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 25
Q2 0:44 · NY 76-51 PHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 63% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 51% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 15 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
