New York Knicks 126, Chicago Bulls 139 — Recap

January 4, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 126, Chicago Bulls 139. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 33-29 CHI; Q2 NYK 39-34 CHI; Q3 NYK 17-41 CHI; Q4 NYK 37-35 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 44 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 17-of-29 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 33 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-21 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 9 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 22 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

44 PTS, 16 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 17-29 FG

Scoring · CHI

Zach LaVine

33 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 13-21 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

33 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 11-20 FG

Season highs

Josh Hart · Season-high 16 reboundsCoby White · Season-high 9 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	33	39	17	37		126
CHI	29	34	41	35		139

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCHI

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.2%Effective FG%64.5%

10.3%Turnover %9.0%

34.6%Offensive rebound %23.1%

0.304Free-throw rate0.194

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	40	2	16	10	1	—	2	0-5	0-3	2-2	-14
Karl-Anthony Towns C	37	44	16	5	1	—	3	17-29	3-7	7-10	-5
Jalen Brunson G	33	33	2	8	2	—	1	11-20	1-4	10-11	-18
Mikal Bridges F	33	18	3	1	—	1	1	8-18	0-5	2-3	-21
OG Anunoby F	32	12	5	—	1	—	3	5-12	2-6	—	-8
Precious Achiuwa F	27	5	5	—	1	—	1	2-2	—	1-2	-3
Landry Shamet G	17	4	1	—	1	1	1	2-6	0-2	—	-1
Jericho Sims F	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tyler Kolek G	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	36	33	4	7	1	—	2	13-21	3-6	4-4	+7
Patrick Williams F	35	5	5	5	—	1	1	1-5	0-2	3-3	-6
Coby White G	34	33	2	3	—	—	2	11-17	9-11	2-2	+10
Nikola Vucevic C	34	22	12	3	1	—	2	10-19	1-4	1-1	+6
Josh Giddey G	31	15	10	8	1	1	2	5-10	3-3	2-2	+10
Lonzo Ball G	25	8	2	6	2	—	—	3-7	1-4	1-2	+10
Julian Phillips F	15	7	1	1	1	—	—	3-4	1-1	—	+12
Jalen Smith F-C	14	10	5	1	—	2	—	3-7	2-6	2-2	+7
Dalen Terry F	12	2	1	1	—	—	1	1-3	—	—	+5
Matas Buzelis F	2	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2-2	+4

🔬 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	37	44	65.9	37.1	-4.4	19.0
Jalen Brunson	Bench	33	33	66.4	29.9	-25.0	18.3
Mikal Bridges	Bench	33	18	46.6	22.5	-29.8	3.8
OG Anunoby	Bench	32	12	50.0	17.4	-11.1	3.8
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	27	5	86.8	5.5	-7.2	4.6
Landry Shamet	Bench	17	4	33.3	16.3	-10.0	1.2
Josh Hart	Bench	40	2	17.0	7.4	-15.6	7.4
Miles McBride	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jericho Sims	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	2	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	36	33	72.5	27.9	+11.7	18.8
Coby White	Bench	34	33	92.3	25.3	+17.0	15.4
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	34	22	56.6	25.3	+7.9	11.0
Josh Giddey	Bench	31	15	68.9	16.9	+14.3	14.1
Jalen Smith	Bench	14	10	63.5	23.5	+30.0	9.0
Lonzo Ball	Bench	25	8	50.8	13.3	+22.5	8.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	15	7	87.5	10.5	+31.8	9.7
Patrick Williams	Bench	35	5	39.6	8.3	-3.2	4.8
Dalen Terry	Bench	12	2	33.3	15.4	+33.8	-4.7
Matas Buzelis	Bench	2	2	113.6	16.7	+80.0	8.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0