New York Knicks 112, Brooklyn Nets 114 — Recap

April 5, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 112, Brooklyn Nets 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 34-31 BKN; Q2 NYK 33-26 BKN; Q3 NYK 21-32 BKN; Q4 NYK 24-25 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Kyrie Irving (BKN) 40 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-28 shooting; Jeff Green (BKN) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Reggie Bullock (NYK) 21 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 19 points, 15 rebounds, 12 assists on 7-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Kyrie Irving

40 PTS, 2 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 15-28 FG

Scoring · BKN

Jeff Green

23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 6-15 FG

Scoring · NYK

RJ Barrett

22 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 7-13 FG

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
NYK	34	33	21	24		112
BKN	31	26	32	25		114

🧮 How They Scored

NYKBKN

40Points in the paint58

14Fast-break points14

2Second-chance points26

9Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.7%Effective FG%51.1%

11.1%Turnover %8.8%

12.8%Offensive rebound %23.4%

0.256Free-throw rate0.283

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	39	19	15	12	1	1	5	7-19	0-4	5-6	0
RJ Barrett F-G	33	22	4	0	0	0	5	7-13	4-6	4-4	-3
Reggie Bullock G-F	31	21	3	2	0	0	0	6-11	5-10	4-4	+7
Derrick Rose G	25	16	1	3	1	0	0	6-14	2-4	2-3	-8
Taj Gibson F	25	6	6	1	3	0	1	2-3	0-0	2-2	-3
Elfrid Payton G	22	8	1	1	1	0	0	4-10	0-1	0-0	+3
Nerlens Noel F-C	22	6	5	1	0	2	1	3-4	0-0	0-2	-2
Alec Burks G	20	6	6	2	0	0	0	2-5	2-2	0-0	-8
Immanuel Quickley G	13	3	0	1	1	1	0	1-4	0-0	1-1	+6
Obi Toppin F	9	5	0	1	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	-2

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kyrie Irving G	37	40	2	7	1	0	2	15-28	5-12	5-5	-5
Jeff Green F	36	23	4	1	0	1	2	6-15	2-7	9-13	-2
Joe Harris F-G	34	16	8	2	2	0	2	7-11	2-3	0-0	+3
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot G-F	32	9	3	3	1	1	0	2-7	1-4	4-4	+1
LaMarcus Aldridge F	29	8	6	2	1	2	2	3-8	0-1	2-2	+7
Bruce Brown G	21	4	5	3	0	1	0	2-5	0-1	0-0	-20
Alize Johnson F	17	12	7	1	0	0	0	6-10	0-1	0-0	+11
Nicolas Claxton F-C	17	0	6	3	1	1	0	0-3	0-0	0-2	+2
Chris Chiozza G	12	2	3	2	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	+12
James Harden G	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
RJ Barrett	Bench	33	22	74.5	24.7	-2.5	7.8
Reggie Bullock	Bench	31	21	82.3	15.8	+10.3	11.9
Julius Randle	Bench	39	19	43.9	29.7	-1.4	16.2
Derrick Rose	Bench	25	16	52.2	27.3	-13.8	11.7
Elfrid Payton	Bench	22	8	40.0	18.9	+8.4	1.4
Alec Burks	Bench	20	6	60.0	11.6	-22.8	11.3
Nerlens Noel	Bench	22	6	61.5	12.8	-2.0	5.5
Taj Gibson	Bench	25	6	77.3	8.5	-1.4	8.1
Obi Toppin	Bench	9	5	83.3	15.8	-11.8	11.8
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	13	3	33.8	13.8	+15.1	2.9

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyrie Irving	Bench	37	40	66.2	35.6	-8.0	18.0
Jeff Green	Bench	36	23	55.5	26.1	-2.5	7.2
Joe Harris	Bench	34	16	72.7	15.7	+4.3	14.7
Alize Johnson	Bench	17	12	60.0	23.3	+29.8	21.7
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	Bench	32	9	51.4	11.4	+4.9	6.5
LaMarcus Aldridge	Bench	29	8	45.0	16.2	+11.7	6.7
Bruce Brown	Bench	21	4	40.0	9.4	-35.5	7.7
Chris Chiozza	Bench	12	2	25.0	19.4	+43.5	5.6
James Harden	Bench	4	0	0.0	12.5	+29.2	14.0
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	17	0	0.0	9.5	+2.8	3.2