⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Knicks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Knicks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 40- A 18-0 run from level to 18 points up in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, fourteen free throws to their 32
- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
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 from level to 18 points up
Q3 10:09 · NY 71-53 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 11:04 · NY 5-8 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 7
Q3 0:16 · NY 85-78 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 13 | Threes made | 9 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 32 | Assists | 15 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
