Milwaukee Bucks 122, New York Knicks 129 — Recap

December 25, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Milwaukee Bucks 122, New York Knicks 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIL 27-36 NYK; Q2 MIL 24-26 NYK; Q3 MIL 36-36 NYK; Q4 MIL 35-31 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 38 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 15-of-28 shooting; Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 32 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Damian Lillard (MIL) 32 points, 1 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 24 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Khris Middleton (MIL) 24 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

38 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 15-28 FG

Scoring · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

32 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · MIL

Damian Lillard

32 PTS, 1 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 10-21 FG

Season highs

Khris Middleton · Season-high 24 points

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	27	24	36	35		122
NYK	36	26	36	31		129

🧮 How They Scored

MILNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.9%Effective FG%59.3%

9.8%Turnover %9.7%

35.4%Offensive rebound %22.6%

0.264Free-throw rate0.286

Box Score

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	39	32	13	6	1	2	2	13-24	1-2	5-9	-5
Damian Lillard G	38	32	1	8	1	—	4	10-21	4-13	8-9	-6
Khris Middleton F	33	24	2	6	1	—	2	10-20	4-9	—	+9
Bobby Portis F	31	12	9	—	—	—	3	5-11	0-4	2-2	-3
Brook Lopez C	27	14	6	1	1	2	—	5-9	2-6	2-2	-6
Pat Connaughton G	24	3	7	1	1	—	—	1-4	1-4	—	-13
Andre Jackson Jr. G	14	2	2	1	1	—	—	0-2	0-1	2-2	-4
MarJon Beauchamp F	6	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	+4

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	41	24	9	2	1	—	4	8-17	2-5	6-6	+6
Jalen Brunson G	37	38	4	6	1	—	—	15-28	1-3	7-9	+6
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	33	11	8	4	—	1	—	5-7	—	1-2	+3
Josh Hart G	31	10	9	4	2	—	2	5-7	0-2	—	+7
RJ Barrett F-G	28	21	6	1	1	—	3	8-14	2-5	3-4	-6
Immanuel Quickley G	22	20	—	1	1	—	1	7-10	2-4	4-4	+14
Donte DiVincenzo G	21	3	1	4	1	—	1	1-6	1-5	—	+2
Quentin Grimes G	12	2	1	2	—	—	—	1-2	0-1	0-1	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Bench	39	32	57.2	31.6	-3.0	15.2
Damian Lillard	Bench	38	32	64.1	31.5	-7.6	12.2
Khris Middleton	Bench	33	24	60.0	26.5	+15.0	11.0
Brook Lopez	Bench	27	14	70.9	15.6	-12.8	12.6
Bobby Portis	Bench	31	12	50.5	18.5	-6.5	4.0
Pat Connaughton	Bench	24	3	37.5	6.2	-27.7	3.3
Andre Jackson Jr.	Bench	14	2	34.7	8.6	-12.9	2.0
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
MarJon Beauchamp	Bench	6	—	0.0	0.0	+33.3	14.3
A.J. Green	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Livingston	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	37	38	59.4	33.0	+6.0	17.9
Julius Randle	Bench	41	24	61.1	24.5	+5.5	9.6
RJ Barrett	Bench	28	21	66.6	26.4	-10.3	11.7
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	22	20	85.0	27.1	+32.0	16.0
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	33	11	69.8	8.6	+6.3	8.6
Josh Hart	Bench	31	10	71.4	12.7	+10.8	14.4
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	21	3	25.0	12.5	+4.5	-1.0
Quentin Grimes	Bench	12	2	41.0	7.4	-7.7	6.6
Miles McBride	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0