Houston Rockets 118, New York Knicks 124 — Recap

February 3, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Houston Rockets 118, New York Knicks 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 HOU 27-25 NYK; Q2 HOU 30-27 NYK; Q3 HOU 32-26 NYK; Q4 HOU 29-46 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 42 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-27 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 25 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 22 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Jalen Green (HOU) 21 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-22 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

42 PTS, 6 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 14-27 FG

Scoring · HOU

Amen Thompson

25 PTS, 11 REB, 11 AST · 9-17 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 9-20 FG

Season highs

Steven Adams · Season-high 13 reboundsAmen Thompson · Season-high 11 assists

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
HOU	27	30	32	29		118
NYK	25	27	26	46		124

🧮 How They Scored

HOUNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%54.0%

11.9%Turnover %9.8%

42.6%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.144Free-throw rate0.341

Box Score

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dillon Brooks G-F	40	11	6	1	2	—	1	4-12	1-3	2-2	-13
Amen Thompson G-F	37	25	11	11	2	1	3	9-17	0-2	7-7	-4
Jalen Green G	36	21	5	5	—	—	6	9-22	1-8	2-2	-22
Tari Eason F	34	12	6	1	1	3	1	5-11	1-2	1-1	-17
Steven Adams C	26	8	13	1	—	1	1	4-9	—	—	+18
Cam Whitmore F	23	18	5	1	2	1	1	7-14	2-4	2-3	+9
Jae'Sean Tate F	22	8	1	6	1	—	—	4-7	0-1	—	-24
Aaron Holiday G	17	15	2	—	—	—	1	6-10	3-7	—	+4
Reed Sheppard G	6	—	1	1	—	—	1	0-2	0-1	—	+19

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	40	19	8	5	1	1	4	8-12	0-1	3-3	-2
Mikal Bridges F	39	22	3	4	1	2	1	9-18	2-7	2-4	+29
Karl-Anthony Towns C	38	22	9	2	1	1	1	9-20	1-5	3-5	+16
Jalen Brunson G	37	42	6	10	2	—	4	14-27	1-4	13-14	+12
Precious Achiuwa F	34	7	9	—	2	—	—	2-3	—	3-4	+4
Miles McBride G	26	7	1	1	1	—	1	3-7	1-4	—	-2
Ariel Hukporti C	8	—	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	-14
Landry Shamet G	6	—	1	—	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-11

🔬 Advanced Stats

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Amen Thompson	Bench	37	25	62.3	21.9	-6.4	18.4
Jalen Green	Bench	36	21	45.9	31.2	-29.3	6.8
Cam Whitmore	Bench	23	18	58.7	27.6	+20.4	18.4
Aaron Holiday	Bench	17	15	75.0	22.9	+13.7	8.0
Tari Eason	Bench	34	12	52.4	13.5	-18.7	6.8
Dillon Brooks	Bench	40	11	42.7	12.8	-14.9	3.0
Steven Adams	Bench	26	8	44.4	12.7	+18.5	9.5
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	22	8	57.1	13.2	-40.3	8.2
Jeff Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fred VanVleet	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Alperen Sengun	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jabari Smith Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Reed Sheppard	Bench	6	—	0.0	17.6	+131.0	-6.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Bench	37	42	63.3	40.7	+15.4	23.5
Mikal Bridges	Bench	39	22	55.7	20.4	+35.7	10.6
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	38	22	49.5	23.5	+18.0	8.0
Josh Hart	Bench	40	19	71.3	17.0	+0.4	12.7
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	34	7	73.5	5.7	+3.9	8.8
Miles McBride	Bench	26	7	50.0	12.1	+0.6	3.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	6	—	0.0	6.3	-82.1	-3.3
Jericho Sims	Bench	0	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	8	—	0.0	0.0	-63.3	-5.5