New York Knicks 95, Cleveland Cavaliers 86 — Recap

December 29, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 95, Cleveland Cavaliers 86. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 29-15 CLE; Q2 NYK 24-31 CLE; Q3 NYK 18-18 CLE; Q4 NYK 24-22 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (NYK) 28 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Collin Sexton (CLE) 20 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; Andre Drummond (CLE) 18 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists on 7-of-13 shooting; Reggie Bullock (NYK) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 17 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Julius Randle

28 PTS, 12 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · CLE

Collin Sexton

20 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 6-17 FG

Scoring · CLE

Andre Drummond

18 PTS, 17 REB, 2 AST · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Andre Drummond · Season-high 17 reboundsJulius Randle · Season-high 11 assistsMitchell Robinson · Season-high 10 reboundsReggie Bullock · Season-high 5 threesJulius Randle · 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	29	24	18	24		95
CLE	15	31	18	22		86

🧮 How They Scored

NYKCLE

30Points in the paint46

12Fast-break points16

6Second-chance points11

11Points off turnovers27

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.9%Effective FG%40.3%

22.1%Turnover %11.7%

32.6%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.266Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	44	28	12	11	1	0	9	9-16	4-4	6-10	+3
Reggie Bullock G-F	41	17	7	0	1	1	3	6-13	5-9	0-0	+4
RJ Barrett F-G	39	12	7	2	2	0	2	4-15	0-3	4-4	+1
Elfrid Payton G	36	14	8	7	0	0	5	6-15	2-4	0-2	+11
Mitchell Robinson C	32	9	10	0	1	2	1	4-9	0-0	1-2	+8
Kevin Knox F	16	6	1	0	0	0	1	2-3	2-2	0-0	+14
Frank Ntilikina G	16	5	3	3	2	0	1	2-5	1-3	0-1	+3
Nerlens Noel F-C	16	4	7	0	2	3	3	1-3	0-0	2-2	+1

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Larry Nance Jr. F	43	9	6	3	4	2	1	4-11	1-6	0-0	+1
Collin Sexton G	41	20	2	4	1	0	2	6-17	1-4	7-8	-7
Darius Garland G	37	17	5	6	2	0	1	6-18	3-8	2-2	-5
Andre Drummond C	33	18	17	2	3	6	4	7-13	0-1	4-10	-5
Cedi Osman F	29	6	1	3	0	0	1	2-12	0-5	2-2	-14
Damyean Dotson G	22	5	2	2	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	0
JaVale McGee C	16	11	9	0	1	1	2	5-7	1-1	0-0	-5
Dante Exum G	16	0	1	2	1	1	1	0-5	0-3	0-0	-5
Dean Wade F	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 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	44	28	68.6	28.6	+4.3	19.6
Reggie Bullock	Bench	41	17	65.4	16.5	+2.5	9.2
Elfrid Payton	Bench	36	14	44.1	24.1	+15.3	9.0
RJ Barrett	Bench	39	12	35.8	20.0	+2.4	5.7
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	32	9	45.5	14.7	+12.3	7.8
Kevin Knox	Bench	16	6	100.0	9.8	+41.3	6.3
Frank Ntilikina	Bench	16	5	46.0	14.6	+8.8	12.8
Nerlens Noel	Bench	16	4	51.5	17.1	+5.3	15.9

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Collin Sexton	Bench	41	20	48.7	24.5	-8.3	8.6
Andre Drummond	Bench	33	18	51.7	28.9	-3.1	16.9
Darius Garland	Bench	37	17	45.0	22.7	-6.6	10.5
JaVale McGee	Bench	16	11	78.6	21.4	-16.7	41.8
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	43	9	40.9	12.4	+3.3	9.4
Cedi Osman	Bench	29	6	23.3	20.3	-23.7	-4.2
Damyean Dotson	Bench	22	5	50.0	9.6	-1.9	8.2
Dante Exum	Bench	16	0	0.0	15.0	-7.6	-3.4
Dean Wade	Bench	3	0	0.0	11.1	-71.4	-13.3