New York Knicks 129, Charlotte Hornets 101 — Recap

November 26, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 129, Charlotte Hornets 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 37-31 CHA; Q2 NYK 35-16 CHA; Q3 NYK 26-28 CHA; Q4 NYK 31-26 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-28 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists on 6-of-13 shooting; Miles McBride (NYK) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists on 8-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

33 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 14-28 FG

Scoring · NYK

Josh Hart

22 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

19 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 6-13 FG

Season highs

Josh Hart · Season-high 22 pointsBrandon Miller · Season-high 4 threes

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	37	35	26	31		129
CHA	31	16	28	26		101

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCHA

64Points in the paint40

20Fast-break points5

17Second-chance points15

21Points off turnovers19

18Bench points41

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.2%Effective FG%48.8%

12.7%Turnover %15.1%

23.5%Offensive rebound %21.4%

0.205Free-throw rate0.282

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles McBride G	39	19	3	3	2	0	2	6-8	5-5	2-2	+27
Mikal Bridges F	36	18	5	3	3	2	2	8-11	0-1	2-2	+23
Jalen Brunson G	34	33	2	3	0	0	3	14-28	2-6	3-5	+16
Josh Hart G	34	22	8	7	3	0	2	8-13	4-6	2-2	+20
Karl-Anthony Towns C	32	19	10	3	0	0	3	6-13	0-3	7-7	+6
Mitchell Robinson C	17	0	5	1	3	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+18
Tyler Kolek G	15	7	0	3	0	0	1	3-4	1-1	0-0	+15
Jordan Clarkson G	14	8	2	0	1	0	0	4-7	0-1	0-0	+2
Guerschon Yabusele F	12	0	4	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	+7
Mohamed Diawara F	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+2
Pacome Dadiet F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Ariel Hukporti C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	34	17	4	1	0	0	3	6-14	3-6	2-5	-25
Kon Knueppel G-F	30	6	4	2	0	0	2	2-12	0-7	2-3	-12
Brandon Miller F	28	18	4	3	2	0	4	5-12	4-9	4-4	-14
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	28	8	6	0	1	0	1	4-5	0-0	0-1	-23
LaMelo Ball G	27	11	6	4	1	0	4	4-14	2-7	1-1	-22
Sion James G	26	4	2	0	1	1	0	0-4	0-4	4-4	-12
Tre Mann G	21	15	3	3	0	0	2	6-13	3-7	0-0	-18
Collin Sexton G	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	5-6	0-1	5-6	-4
Moussa Diabate F	15	4	4	0	0	2	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-4
Liam McNeeley F	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Starter	34	33	54.6	40.8	+24.8	12.4
Josh Hart	Starter	34	22	79.3	20.5	+29.4	21.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	32	19	59.1	25.7	+7.6	17.0
Miles McBride	Starter	39	19	107.0	12.4	+31.7	14.2
Mikal Bridges	Starter	36	18	75.8	17.7	+32.9	15.7
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	14	8	57.1	21.2	+6.7	4.4
Tyler Kolek	Bench	15	7	87.5	13.2	+43.0	12.5
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	2	3	150.0	14.3	+6.7	27.0
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	17	0	0.0	0.0	+48.6	10.5
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	12	0	0.0	10.3	+22.6	-1.8
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+6.7	5.4
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	2	0	0.0	12.5	+6.7	8.6

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	28	18	65.4	27.7	-26.7	13.8
Miles Bridges	Starter	34	17	52.5	24.1	-36.8	4.4
LaMelo Ball	Starter	27	11	38.1	28.6	-39.3	2.0
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Starter	28	8	73.5	9.4	-41.1	7.6
Kon Knueppel	Starter	30	6	22.5	20.5	-21.4	-0.9
Collin Sexton	Bench	17	15	86.8	18.6	-18.6	21.6
Tre Mann	Bench	21	15	57.7	33.3	-40.3	9.6
Moussa Diabate	Bench	15	4	100.0	7.9	-12.1	9.1
Sion James	Bench	26	4	34.7	10.0	-18.7	2.4
Liam McNeeley	Bench	15	3	50.0	7.7	-18.2	1.5
Mason Plumlee	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Grant Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0