New Orleans Pelicans 85, New York Knicks 118 — Recap

December 1, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 85, New York Knicks 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 10-33 NYK; Q2 NOP 18-24 NYK; Q3 NOP 28-36 NYK; Q4 NOP 29-25 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Mikal Bridges (NYK) 31 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 7 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-11 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 14 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-12 shooting; CJ McCollum (NOP) 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists on 6-of-16 shooting; Miles McBride (NYK) 13 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Mikal Bridges

31 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 7 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

16 PTS, 2 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 4-11 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

14 PTS, 19 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 4-12 FG

Season highs

Mikal Bridges · Season-high 31 pointsJericho Sims · Season-high 13 reboundsMikal Bridges · Season-high 7 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
NOP	10	18	28	29		85
NYK	33	24	36	25		118

🧮 How They Scored

NOPNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

37.8%Effective FG%56.4%

10.8%Turnover %13.3%

24.1%Offensive rebound %35.9%

0.141Free-throw rate0.205

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dejounte Murray G	30	10	8	5	3	1	3	5-17	0-6	—	-34
Trey Murphy III F	29	11	4	2	1	—	1	3-14	3-9	2-2	-34
CJ McCollum G	25	13	3	3	1	—	—	6-16	0-3	1-1	-22
Javonte Green G-F	23	5	4	—	2	2	2	2-4	0-2	1-5	-14
Yves Missi C	20	11	8	1	—	1	2	5-7	—	1-1	-8
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	20	2	4	—	—	—	1	1-4	0-1	—	-28
Antonio Reeves G	19	2	2	—	1	—	1	1-6	0-2	—	+1
Trey Jemison C	15	—	3	—	—	1	—	0-2	—	0-2	-7
Karlo Matkovic F-C	9	—	1	—	1	1	—	0-2	—	—	+6
Jamal Cain F	8	10	1	—	2	1	—	5-6	0-1	—	+5

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	36	31	4	1	—	1	1	12-19	7-12	—	+40
Josh Hart G	31	12	6	3	2	1	—	5-9	2-3	—	+23
OG Anunoby F	31	7	4	2	3	4	2	2-10	0-3	3-4	+32
Jalen Brunson G	26	16	2	9	—	—	3	4-11	3-7	5-5	+29
Karl-Anthony Towns C	25	14	19	2	1	1	2	4-12	1-5	5-5	+17
Jericho Sims F	23	4	13	2	1	—	2	2-2	—	—	+16
Miles McBride G	22	13	2	3	1	—	2	5-9	3-4	—	+18
Ariel Hukporti C	9	3	3	1	—	—	1	1-2	—	1-2	-6
Tyler Kolek G	6	2	2	2	—	—	—	1-4	0-1	—	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
CJ McCollum	Bench	25	13	39.5	26.2	-37.3	6.4
Trey Murphy III	Bench	29	11	37.0	23.2	-57.6	3.6
Yves Missi	Bench	20	11	73.9	17.3	-18.6	12.8
Dejounte Murray	Bench	30	10	29.4	28.2	-54.7	7.2
Jamal Cain	Bench	8	10	83.3	30.0	+31.9	38.5
Javonte Green	Bench	23	5	40.3	13.3	-30.9	2.7
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	20	2	25.0	11.6	-66.8	-0.7
Antonio Reeves	Bench	19	2	16.7	14.6	+4.9	-4.0
Trey Jemison	Bench	15	—	0.0	8.1	-18.5	-4.0
Karlo Matkovic	Bench	9	—	0.0	9.5	+35.5	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Mikal Bridges	Bench	36	31	81.6	23.3	+53.0	18.4
Jalen Brunson	Bench	26	16	60.6	25.8	+56.1	13.4
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	25	14	49.3	26.7	+32.1	21.4
Miles McBride	Bench	22	13	72.2	19.6	+38.0	11.2
Josh Hart	Bench	31	12	66.7	11.8	+33.1	13.2
OG Anunoby	Bench	31	7	29.8	18.4	+50.0	4.7
Jericho Sims	Bench	23	4	100.0	6.6	+31.0	19.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	9	3	52.1	16.0	-35.5	4.6
Tyler Kolek	Bench	6	2	25.0	21.1	-18.3	11.1