NBA Final Intelligence
New Orleans Pelicans 116, New York Knicks 121 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 116, New York Knicks 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 28-42 NYK; Q2 NOP 32-24 NYK; Q3 NOP 32-27 NYK; Q4 NOP 24-28 NYK.
Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 32 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists on 8-of-10 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 21 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 21 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-12 shooting.
Standouts
Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.
📊 Game Flow
Ahead for good: Mitchell Robinson makes alley oop dunk (Jalen Brunson assists) (Q3 0:08, NOP 92, NYK 93).
Linescore
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 28 | 32 | 32 | 24 | 116 | |
| NYK | 42 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 121 |
🧮 How They Scored
Box Score
New Orleans Pelicans
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones F | 37 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Trey Murphy III F | 35 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-15 | 4-12 | 0-0 | -13 |
| Zion Williamson F | 34 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 6-8 | +15 |
| Saddiq Bey F | 28 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6-13 | 4-6 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Dejounte Murray G | 28 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Karlo Matkovic F-C | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Jeremiah Fears G | 20 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Derik Queen C | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 1-1 | -7 |
| Yves Missi C | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -19 |
New York Knicks
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG Anunoby F | 40 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7-16 | 5-13 | 2-2 | +17 |
| Jalen Brunson G | 39 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 8-9 | +16 |
| Josh Hart G | 38 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | -14 |
| Mikal Bridges F | 37 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-12 | 4-10 | 0-0 | -9 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns C | 24 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8-17 | 2-6 | 3-3 | -11 |
| Mitchell Robinson C | 21 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | +11 |
| Jordan Clarkson G | 21 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +11 |
| Mohamed Diawara F | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +15 |
| Jose Alvarado G | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Williamson | Starter | 34 | 22 | 81.4 | 19.7 | +24.4 | 13.5 |
| Saddiq Bey | Starter | 28 | 18 | 64.8 | 25.0 | +1.8 | 7.5 |
| Trey Murphy III | Starter | 35 | 16 | 53.3 | 19.2 | -16.6 | 7.5 |
| Herbert Jones | Starter | 37 | 13 | 81.3 | 11.5 | +6.2 | 6.9 |
| Dejounte Murray | Starter | 28 | 7 | 27.2 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| Jeremiah Fears | Bench | 20 | 21 | 87.5 | 35.9 | -13.9 | 25.3 |
| Karlo Matkovic | Bench | 23 | 12 | 100.0 | 13.3 | +2.3 | 12.4 |
| Derik Queen | Bench | 18 | 5 | 29.6 | 21.6 | -17.3 | 7.5 |
| Yves Missi | Bench | 17 | 2 | 25.0 | 11.8 | -63.3 | 4.2 |
| DeAndre Jordan | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Kevon Looney | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Poole | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Hawkins | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Micah Peavy | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Brunson | Starter | 39 | 32 | 69.7 | 29.1 | +19.4 | 13.7 |
| OG Anunoby | Starter | 40 | 21 | 62.2 | 19.5 | +18.6 | 9.8 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | Starter | 24 | 21 | 57.3 | 35.1 | -21.6 | 17.4 |
| Mikal Bridges | Starter | 37 | 14 | 58.3 | 15.5 | -12.5 | 7.9 |
| Josh Hart | Starter | 38 | 10 | 49.0 | 11.8 | -17.2 | 5.2 |
| Mitchell Robinson | Bench | 21 | 11 | 101.1 | 13.0 | +28.9 | 15.2 |
| Jordan Clarkson | Bench | 21 | 10 | 72.7 | 14.9 | +26.2 | 15.4 |
| Mohamed Diawara | Bench | 11 | 2 | 50.0 | 13.0 | +64.9 | 2.0 |
| Jose Alvarado | Bench | 09 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | -57.2 | -4.6 |
| Jeremy Sochan | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Trey Jemison | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Pacome Dadiet | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Kolek | Bench | 00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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