Denver Nuggets 112, New York Knicks 122 — Recap

January 29, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 112, New York Knicks 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 27-31 NYK; Q2 DEN 27-29 NYK; Q3 DEN 32-33 NYK; Q4 DEN 26-29 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-25 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 30 points, 4 rebounds, 15 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Aaron Gordon (DEN) 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

33 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 13-25 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

30 PTS, 4 REB, 15 AST, 3 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · NYK

OG Anunoby

23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 9-15 FG

Season highs

Russell Westbrook · Season-high 14 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		T
DEN	27	27	32	26		112
NYK	31	29	33	29		122

🧮 How They Scored

DENNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.8%Effective FG%59.7%

12.9%Turnover %5.0%

29.7%Offensive rebound %14.3%

0.274Free-throw rate0.182

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray G	37	33	5	6	1	1	3	13-25	3-7	4-5	-4
Russell Westbrook G	37	14	14	4	—	1	4	5-11	0-2	4-6	-5
Nikola Jokic C	33	17	6	6	2	1	2	6-15	3-7	2-2	-3
Aaron Gordon F	30	15	6	1	—	—	2	6-7	1-1	2-2	-2
Christian Braun G	29	13	5	1	—	—	1	4-8	1-2	4-4	-18
Michael Porter Jr. F	26	9	3	2	—	1	1	3-8	1-5	2-2	-10
Julian Strawther G	19	5	4	—	—	1	—	2-6	1-4	—	-1
Peyton Watson G	19	4	1	—	—	—	1	1-2	—	2-2	-7
DeAndre Jordan C	8	2	3	1	—	—	—	1-2	—	—	—

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby F	39	23	4	1	—	—	1	9-15	5-7	0-2	+15
Mikal Bridges F	37	13	3	2	1	—	1	5-16	3-7	—	+7
Jalen Brunson G	36	30	4	15	2	1	2	10-16	3-6	7-7	+16
Josh Hart G	34	15	5	5	3	—	—	7-12	0-2	1-2	+11
Karl-Anthony Towns C	30	14	10	5	—	1	—	6-12	0-4	2-3	-1
Precious Achiuwa F	26	8	3	—	1	—	1	4-8	—	—	+4
Miles McBride G	22	12	2	4	—	—	—	5-9	2-5	—	+9
Landry Shamet G	5	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	0-2	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Bench	37	33	60.7	34.1	-6.4	14.5
Nikola Jokic	Bench	33	17	53.5	23.4	-7.8	11.2
Aaron Gordon	Bench	30	15	95.2	13.7	-5.0	12.7
Russell Westbrook	Bench	37	14	51.3	20.7	-5.0	8.4
Christian Braun	Bench	29	13	66.6	16.2	-31.7	7.8
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	26	9	50.7	15.9	-18.5	4.8
Julian Strawther	Bench	19	5	41.7	13.6	-5.2	5.1
Peyton Watson	Bench	19	4	69.4	9.5	-17.9	2.3
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	8	2	50.0	10.5	+7.7	9.1
Dario Saric	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PJ Hall	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
Jalen Brunson	Bench	36	30	78.6	24.1	+21.1	25.3
OG Anunoby	Bench	39	23	72.4	19.3	+18.3	7.8
Josh Hart	Bench	34	15	58.2	16.7	+13.9	13.2
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	30	14	52.6	20.0	-6.0	11.8
Mikal Bridges	Bench	37	13	40.6	20.0	+10.2	2.4
Miles McBride	Bench	22	12	66.7	19.1	+24.2	13.6
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	26	8	50.0	14.5	+7.1	3.9
Landry Shamet	Bench	5	—	0.0	10.0	-73.6	-9.1
Jericho Sims	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0