Milwaukee Bucks 112, New York Knicks 97 — Recap

December 12, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Milwaukee Bucks 112, New York Knicks 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIL 26-16 NYK; Q2 MIL 35-32 NYK; Q3 MIL 32-31 NYK; Q4 MIL 19-18 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Quentin Grimes (NYK) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Khris Middleton (MIL) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 20 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists on 7-of-16 shooting; Bobby Portis (MIL) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Kevin Knox (NYK) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Quentin Grimes

27 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 7 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · MIL

Khris Middleton

24 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Scoring · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

20 PTS, 10 REB, 11 AST · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Quentin Grimes · Season-high 27 pointsGiannis Antetokounmpo · Season-high 11 assistsQuentin Grimes · Season-high 7 threesKevin Knox · Season-high 5 threes

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
MIL	26	35	32	19		112
NYK	16	32	31	18		97

🧮 How They Scored

MILNYK

46Points in the paint30

9Fast-break points5

22Second-chance points4

22Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.7%Effective FG%53.0%

13.6%Turnover %15.4%

29.3%Offensive rebound %19.0%

0.193Free-throw rate0.159

Box Score

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jrue Holiday G	34	13	4	5	1	0	2	6-11	1-2	0-0	+6
Khris Middleton F	32	24	8	4	2	0	3	8-17	4-11	4-4	+18
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	32	20	10	11	1	1	3	7-16	0-2	6-8	+9
Bobby Portis F	30	19	10	0	3	0	2	7-14	3-7	2-3	+23
Grayson Allen G	29	12	3	2	1	0	1	5-9	2-4	0-0	+20
Pat Connaughton G	24	10	1	0	1	0	0	4-8	2-6	0-0	-4
Rodney Hood G	23	14	2	3	0	0	0	5-5	2-2	2-2	+1
George Hill G	14	0	2	2	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+10
DeMarcus Cousins C	12	0	4	0	1	0	2	0-3	0-3	0-0	-3
Jordan Nwora F	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-4	0-3	0-0	-5
Javonte Smart G	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Sandro Mamukelashvili F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Quentin Grimes G	40	27	3	3	3	0	5	9-17	7-13	2-2	-6
Derrick Rose G	37	18	2	7	3	0	2	8-16	2-6	0-0	-7
Julius Randle F	35	8	10	7	0	1	7	2-9	1-5	3-4	-17
Kevin Knox F	29	18	5	1	1	0	0	6-15	5-12	1-2	-18
Nerlens Noel F-C	28	0	6	1	2	1	1	0-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Evan Fournier G-F	27	6	2	3	1	0	0	2-8	1-7	1-1	-6
Immanuel Quickley G	26	11	1	5	2	0	1	4-10	1-6	2-2	-8
Mitchell Robinson C	18	9	8	0	0	0	0	4-5	0-0	1-2	-14
Miles McBride G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 Advanced Stats

Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Khris Middleton	Bench	32	24	64.0	27.8	+26.9	15.5
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Bench	32	20	51.2	29.3	+20.8	15.1
Bobby Portis	Bench	30	19	62.0	23.6	+40.5	15.2
Rodney Hood	Bench	23	14	119.0	11.8	+4.6	22.2
Jrue Holiday	Bench	34	13	59.1	16.7	+12.1	10.4
Grayson Allen	Bench	29	12	66.7	14.7	+36.8	9.5
Pat Connaughton	Bench	24	10	62.5	14.3	-3.8	8.2
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Nwora	Bench	9	0	0.0	27.8	-27.8	-12.5
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	12	0	0.0	20.0	-3.7	-6.5
George Hill	Bench	14	0	0.0	5.9	+41.7	4.5
Javonte Smart	Bench	1	0	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
Quentin Grimes	Bench	40	27	75.5	25.8	-7.5	12.2
Kevin Knox	Bench	29	18	56.7	25.0	-32.1	13.4
Derrick Rose	Bench	37	18	56.3	22.0	-10.9	11.8
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	26	11	50.6	20.7	-17.6	9.8
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	18	9	76.5	13.6	-41.1	15.6
Julius Randle	Bench	35	8	37.2	21.2	-27.0	4.3
Evan Fournier	Bench	27	6	35.5	12.7	-14.7	2.4
Miles McBride	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nerlens Noel	Bench	28	0	0.0	4.8	+3.4	3.2