Chicago Bulls 111, New York Knicks 113 — Recap

February 20, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 111, New York Knicks 113 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 21-19 NYK; Q2 CHI 22-31 NYK; Q3 CHI 38-33 NYK; Q4 CHI 23-21 NYK; OT1 CHI 7-9 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 32 points, 18 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-30 shooting; Josh Giddey (CHI) 27 points, 16 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Miles McBride (NYK) 23 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-21 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

32 PTS, 18 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 14-30 FG

Scoring · CHI

Josh Giddey

27 PTS, 16 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Miles McBride

23 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 9-19 FG

Season highs

Josh Giddey · Season-high 27 pointsMiles McBride · Season-high 23 pointsJosh Giddey · Season-high 16 reboundsMikal Bridges · Season-high 10 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
CHI	21	22	38	23	7		111
NYK	19	31	33	21	9		113

🧮 How They Scored

CHINYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.0%Effective FG%50.5%

12.2%Turnover %8.6%

20.8%Offensive rebound %19.2%

0.117Free-throw rate0.098

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Coby White G	41	11	2	6	—	1	1	5-11	1-3	—	+3
Nikola Vucevic C	36	21	9	1	—	1	4	9-21	3-5	—	—
Josh Giddey G	34	27	16	4	1	1	4	11-18	4-6	1-1	+7
Lonzo Ball G	30	14	4	4	—	—	1	4-13	3-9	3-5	+5
Ayo Dosunmu G	28	5	5	3	1	—	3	2-8	1-5	—	-16
Matas Buzelis F	24	5	7	1	—	1	1	2-8	1-6	—	-3
Julian Phillips F	23	12	6	—	1	—	—	3-5	2-3	4-4	+7
Kevin Huerter G	19	9	1	1	1	—	—	3-9	3-6	—	-11
Zach Collins F-C	15	2	1	3	2	1	—	0-4	0-3	2-2	-1
Tre Jones G	13	5	1	—	—	1	—	2-5	1-1	—	—
Jalen Smith F-C	2	—	1	1	—	—	1	0-1	0-1	—	-1

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Precious Achiuwa F	46	11	9	—	3	—	1	5-11	1-3	—	—
Mikal Bridges F	44	13	10	5	—	2	4	6-16	1-5	—	+1
Karl-Anthony Towns C	43	32	18	2	2	—	3	14-30	2-10	2-4	+2
Miles McBride G	42	23	6	3	3	3	—	9-19	5-12	—	-2
Jalen Brunson G	38	22	3	12	1	1	2	8-21	2-9	4-4	+3
Landry Shamet G	17	7	1	1	1	—	—	2-4	2-4	1-2	+2
Ariel Hukporti C	17	2	5	—	—	1	—	1-1	—	—	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Josh Giddey	Bench	34	27	73.2	27.5	+11.7	23.6
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	36	21	50.0	29.1	0.0	7.0
Lonzo Ball	Bench	30	14	46.1	22.5	+7.9	7.3
Julian Phillips	Bench	23	12	88.8	14.0	+19.7	16.6
Coby White	Bench	41	11	50.0	12.4	+5.8	7.4
Kevin Huerter	Bench	19	9	50.0	19.1	-24.1	5.1
Tre Jones	Bench	13	5	50.0	17.9	+5.1	5.5
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	28	5	31.3	16.4	-23.3	4.3
Matas Buzelis	Bench	24	5	31.3	14.5	-7.3	6.2
Zach Collins	Bench	15	2	20.5	15.2	+3.1	6.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Smith	Bench	2	—	0.0	28.6	-30.0	-40.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	43	32	50.4	32.4	+2.2	16.2
Miles McBride	Bench	42	23	60.5	19.2	-1.0	12.7
Jalen Brunson	Bench	38	22	48.3	26.3	+1.1	12.8
Mikal Bridges	Bench	44	13	40.6	19.4	+1.1	7.7
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	46	11	50.0	11.2	0.0	7.2
Landry Shamet	Bench	17	7	71.7	11.9	+0.5	11.9
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	17	2	100.0	2.6	+3.2	7.8
OG Anunoby	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0