New York Knicks 121, Brooklyn Nets 102 — Recap

December 20, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 121, Brooklyn Nets 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 32-20 BKN; Q2 NYK 28-31 BKN; Q3 NYK 30-26 BKN; Q4 NYK 31-25 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (NYK) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists on 9-of-20 shooting; Donte DiVincenzo (NYK) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Cameron Johnson (BKN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Cam Thomas (BKN) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Immanuel Quickley (NYK) 19 points, null rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Julius Randle

26 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST · 9-20 FG

Scoring · NYK

Donte DiVincenzo

23 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · BKN

Cameron Johnson

20 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Day'Ron Sharpe · Season-high 15 reboundsJosh Hart · Season-high 13 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		T
NYK	32	28	30	31		121
BKN	20	31	26	25		102

🧮 How They Scored

NYKBKN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.4%Effective FG%45.5%

9.9%Turnover %7.7%

28.6%Offensive rebound %30.4%

0.281Free-throw rate0.169

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	34	26	7	4	—	—	1	9-20	0-4	8-9	+27
Jalen Brunson G	32	16	7	8	1	—	3	6-15	1-3	3-4	+18
Josh Hart G	31	10	13	3	1	—	2	2-5	2-3	4-4	+6
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	30	2	10	3	—	2	—	1-3	—	—	+21
RJ Barrett F-G	27	14	5	2	1	1	2	5-11	0-1	4-4	+13
Immanuel Quickley G	24	19	—	2	1	1	1	7-12	4-6	1-4	+6
Donte DiVincenzo G	23	23	8	1	3	—	2	9-15	5-10	—	+13
Quentin Grimes G	18	5	1	—	1	1	—	2-7	1-4	—	-2
Miles McBride G	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-4

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	33	15	5	2	2	—	2	4-21	1-8	6-6	-17
Cam Thomas G	32	20	2	5	—	—	1	8-18	4-7	0-1	-25
Cameron Johnson F	28	20	4	2	—	—	—	8-14	4-6	0-1	-5
Royce O'Neale F	28	6	6	6	1	3	2	2-11	2-10	—	-10
Nicolas Claxton F-C	26	6	8	2	—	4	—	3-5	—	—	-21
Dorian Finney-Smith F	24	10	3	—	—	—	1	3-8	2-6	2-2	-9
Day'Ron Sharpe C	19	9	15	3	1	—	1	3-7	—	3-4	+6
Trendon Watford F	11	4	3	1	—	1	1	2-3	0-1	0-1	+8
Jalen Wilson F	6	2	1	2	1	—	—	1-2	0-1	—	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	34	26	54.3	29.4	+36.6	13.4
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	23	23	76.7	28.3	+27.1	23.8
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	24	19	69.0	28.8	+14.6	15.3
Jalen Brunson	Bench	32	16	47.7	23.8	+25.7	13.5
RJ Barrett	Bench	27	14	54.9	22.1	+22.0	10.3
Josh Hart	Bench	31	10	74.0	12.0	+11.0	15.8
Quentin Grimes	Bench	18	5	35.7	15.6	-5.1	2.4
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	30	2	33.3	3.9	+32.2	7.6
Miles McBride	Bench	2	—	0.0	10.0	-76.2	-7.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cameron Johnson	Bench	28	20	69.3	20.3	-8.1	13.2
Cam Thomas	Bench	32	20	54.2	23.2	-39.9	9.7
Mikal Bridges	Bench	33	15	31.7	31.3	-24.6	3.3
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	24	10	56.3	17.9	-13.5	5.5
Day'Ron Sharpe	Bench	19	9	51.4	19.6	+17.7	14.8
Royce O'Neale	Bench	28	6	27.3	18.1	-15.0	5.8
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	26	6	60.0	8.1	-35.5	8.8
Trendon Watford	Bench	11	4	58.1	14.3	+39.5	6.9
Jalen Wilson	Bench	6	2	50.0	11.8	+3.2	14.1