New York Knicks 98, Charlotte Hornets 115 — Recap

March 20, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 98, Charlotte Hornets 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 19-27 CHA; Q2 NYK 25-27 CHA; Q3 NYK 28-31 CHA; Q4 NYK 26-30 CHA.

Top performers (box score): OG Anunoby (NYK) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 24 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Mark Williams (CHA) 19 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

OG Anunoby

25 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-19 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

25 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 10-23 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

24 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 10-21 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	19	25	28	26		98
CHA	27	27	31	30		115

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCHA

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.9%Effective FG%55.0%

7.3%Turnover %10.4%

17.8%Offensive rebound %27.8%

0.250Free-throw rate0.163

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	39	13	4	6	1	—	1	5-8	3-3	—	-16
OG Anunoby F	38	25	6	2	3	1	1	7-19	3-12	8-8	-17
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	24	10	3	—	—	1	10-21	2-4	2-2	-15
Miles McBride G	36	9	3	6	—	1	—	4-10	1-6	—	-11
Mikal Bridges F	33	16	4	6	3	—	1	5-11	0-4	6-8	-9
Landry Shamet G	19	—	—	—	1	—	1	0-3	0-3	—	-9
Precious Achiuwa F	17	2	6	—	1	—	2	1-5	0-2	0-2	-5
MarJon Beauchamp F	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	1-2	0-1	—	+2
Tyler Kolek G	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	0-1	—	—	+2

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	33	15	10	4	—	—	2	6-17	2-5	1-1	+20
Mark Williams C	31	19	14	4	—	3	1	8-14	—	3-3	+5
LaMelo Ball G	28	25	5	8	—	—	2	10-23	5-10	—	+2
Nick Smith Jr. G	27	13	4	3	—	—	1	4-10	2-4	3-3	+16
Josh Green G	21	5	—	1	—	—	1	2-5	1-4	—	+8
Wendell Moore Jr. G	20	2	1	2	—	—	1	1-2	0-1	—	—
Seth Curry G	18	4	1	3	—	—	1	2-3	—	—	+8
Jusuf Nurkic C	15	9	7	—	—	—	1	3-3	2-2	1-2	+16
Moussa Diabate F	12	7	5	—	—	—	—	2-3	0-1	3-4	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
OG Anunoby	Bench	38	25	55.5	27.1	-20.7	11.5
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	36	24	54.8	28.4	-20.8	14.1
Mikal Bridges	Bench	33	16	55.1	21.6	-11.9	13.3
Josh Hart	Bench	39	13	81.3	10.1	-18.9	8.5
Miles McBride	Bench	36	9	45.0	12.3	-13.5	5.0
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	17	2	17.0	20.0	-13.9	-6.9
MarJon Beauchamp	Bench	2	2	50.0	33.3	+50.0	60.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	19	—	0.0	9.3	-25.6	-5.4
Tyler Kolek	Bench	2	—	0.0	16.7	+50.0	-40.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Bench	28	25	54.3	38.5	+3.6	13.7
Mark Williams	Bench	31	19	62.0	22.2	+10.0	17.8
Miles Bridges	Bench	33	15	43.0	25.3	+34.2	12.9
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	27	13	57.4	20.0	+28.1	10.1
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	15	9	116.0	15.2	+47.8	37.3
Moussa Diabate	Bench	12	7	73.5	19.2	+25.4	19.8
Josh Green	Bench	21	5	50.0	12.0	+21.8	-3.9
Seth Curry	Bench	18	4	66.7	10.0	+23.1	8.1
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	20	2	50.0	6.8	+2.9	1.1
Grant Williams	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0