New Orleans Pelicans 112, New York Knicks 122 — Recap

April 18, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 112, New York Knicks 122 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 25-21 NYK; Q2 NOP 19-36 NYK; Q3 NOP 35-22 NYK; Q4 NOP 24-24 NYK; OT1 NOP 9-19 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Zion Williamson (NOP) 34 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists on 13-of-23 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-28 shooting; Derrick Rose (NYK) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Eric Bledsoe (NOP) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists on 6-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NOP

Zion Williamson

34 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST · 13-23 FG

Scoring · NYK

Julius Randle

33 PTS, 5 REB, 10 AST, 2 3PM · 11-28 FG

Scoring · NYK

Derrick Rose

23 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 9-17 FG

Season highs

Taj Gibson · 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	OT		T
NOP	25	19	35	24	9		112
NYK	21	36	22	24	19		122

🧮 How They Scored

NOPNYK

58Points in the paint46

10Fast-break points6

18Second-chance points14

16Points off turnovers23

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

43.6%Effective FG%53.2%

9.5%Turnover %11.0%

35.7%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.297Free-throw rate0.253

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zion Williamson F	42	34	9	5	2	0	2	13-23	0-3	8-11	-13
Brandon Ingram F	39	19	4	4	0	1	3	6-18	0-2	7-8	+6
Eric Bledsoe G	38	22	4	4	0	0	2	8-20	3-9	3-3	-2
Steven Adams C	36	10	14	3	1	0	2	5-7	0-0	0-2	-1
Lonzo Ball G	27	5	7	3	2	0	0	2-9	1-5	0-0	0
Naji Marshall F	25	9	2	3	1	0	1	2-7	1-3	4-4	-14
James Johnson F	23	2	7	1	0	1	1	1-9	0-3	0-0	-6
Jaxson Hayes C	17	6	5	0	0	2	0	2-3	0-0	2-2	-9
Kira Lewis Jr. G	12	3	0	2	0	0	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	-8
James Nunnally F	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	47	33	5	10	5	0	4	11-28	2-8	9-10	+14
Reggie Bullock G-F	37	15	4	1	0	0	0	6-8	3-5	0-0	-3
RJ Barrett F-G	36	18	4	2	0	0	6	7-15	2-4	2-2	-14
Derrick Rose G	35	23	3	5	1	1	2	9-17	2-4	3-4	+22
Nerlens Noel F-C	28	12	8	0	0	2	0	5-6	0-0	2-2	-2
Taj Gibson F	24	6	14	2	1	2	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+7
Immanuel Quickley G	22	8	4	3	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	5-6	+24
Elfrid Payton G	20	5	1	3	2	0	1	2-8	1-2	0-0	-13
Kevin Knox F	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+14
Obi Toppin F	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Frank Ntilikina G	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	42	34	61.1	29.4	-15.1	19.0
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	38	22	51.6	23.7	-2.7	8.2
Brandon Ingram	Bench	39	19	44.1	24.0	+3.3	6.9
Steven Adams	Bench	36	10	63.5	11.4	-1.4	11.0
Naji Marshall	Bench	25	9	51.4	15.2	-30.7	6.4
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	17	6	77.3	9.5	-22.1	15.5
Lonzo Ball	Bench	27	5	27.8	13.8	-3.8	7.9
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	12	3	37.5	17.9	-26.4	2.0
James Johnson	Bench	23	2	11.1	17.2	-12.5	-2.2
James Nunnally	Bench	6	2	100.0	5.9	-40.0	11.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	47	33	50.9	33.3	+16.0	15.7
Derrick Rose	Bench	35	23	61.3	25.0	+30.6	15.1
RJ Barrett	Bench	36	18	56.7	26.8	-19.4	2.5
Reggie Bullock	Bench	37	15	93.8	10.3	-2.7	8.9
Nerlens Noel	Bench	28	12	87.2	11.9	-1.6	15.3
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	22	8	52.4	13.2	+46.4	9.6
Taj Gibson	Bench	24	6	75.0	6.7	+14.0	19.1
Elfrid Payton	Bench	20	5	31.3	20.9	-36.4	3.7
Kevin Knox	Bench	6	2	33.3	17.6	+90.5	10.5
Obi Toppin	Bench	6	0	0.0	7.7	-22.4	3.2
Frank Ntilikina	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	+45.5	-5.7