New York Knicks 99, Brooklyn Nets 95 — Recap

January 21, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 99, Brooklyn Nets 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 24-26 BKN; Q2 NYK 35-25 BKN; Q3 NYK 25-24 BKN; Q4 NYK 15-20 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 25 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists on 11-of-18 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (BKN) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Cameron Johnson (BKN) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-20 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

25 PTS, 16 REB, 6 AST · 11-18 FG

Scoring · BKN

D'Angelo Russell

23 PTS, 2 REB, 10 AST, 4 3PM · 6-17 FG

Scoring · NYK

OG Anunoby

20 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-18 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	24	35	25	15		99
BKN	26	25	24	20		95

🧮 How They Scored

NYKBKN

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.8%Effective FG%47.3%

9.1%Turnover %15.6%

25.0%Offensive rebound %25.6%

0.141Free-throw rate0.260

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	39	25	16	6	3	2	5	11-18	0-3	3-4	+16
Jalen Brunson G	39	17	3	4	—	—	1	7-18	1-4	2-4	-5
Josh Hart G	39	7	12	9	2	—	2	3-5	1-2	—	-3
OG Anunoby F	37	20	4	3	3	1	—	8-18	2-6	2-2	-4
Mikal Bridges F	34	10	1	2	2	—	—	3-13	2-6	2-2	+8
Precious Achiuwa F	18	11	4	1	1	—	1	5-7	1-2	—	-5
Miles McBride G	18	7	1	1	—	—	—	3-6	1-3	—	-6
Landry Shamet G	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+10

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron Johnson F	35	16	3	2	—	2	2	6-20	2-9	2-2	-18
Nicolas Claxton F-C	34	8	12	2	2	—	2	4-11	0-1	0-2	-19
D'Angelo Russell G	31	23	2	10	1	3	3	6-17	4-11	7-7	+5
Jalen Wilson F	28	3	5	2	—	—	3	1-5	0-3	1-4	+5
Noah Clowney F	26	10	6	1	1	2	—	4-8	2-5	—	-1
Tyrese Martin G	24	13	7	1	—	—	3	5-8	3-6	—	-11
Day'Ron Sharpe C	14	10	3	—	—	2	2	3-4	—	4-4	+15

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	39	25	63.3	27.3	+19.3	24.4
OG Anunoby	Bench	37	20	53.0	22.4	-4.0	12.3
Jalen Brunson	Bench	39	17	43.0	23.9	-5.1	3.9
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	18	11	78.6	21.6	-6.4	27.9
Mikal Bridges	Bench	34	10	36.0	17.5	+12.6	3.3
Josh Hart	Bench	39	7	70.0	7.8	-3.8	14.8
Miles McBride	Bench	18	7	58.3	16.2	-12.1	9.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	6	—	0.0	0.0	+76.5	-5.4
Jericho Sims	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	31	23	57.3	27.7	+3.1	17.8
Cameron Johnson	Bench	35	16	38.3	29.1	-25.5	3.2
Tyrese Martin	Bench	24	13	81.3	20.0	-18.5	13.4
Day'Ron Sharpe	Bench	14	10	86.8	21.1	+47.5	18.0
Noah Clowney	Bench	26	10	62.5	12.5	-3.9	11.5
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	34	8	33.7	18.2	-27.4	7.9
Jalen Wilson	Bench	28	3	22.2	14.5	+8.6	-4.0
Ziaire Williams	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trendon Watford	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0