NBA Final Intelligence
New York Knicks 97, Denver Nuggets 113 — Recap
Game Summary
Final (regular season): New York Knicks 97, Denver Nuggets 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 12-34 DEN; Q2 NYK 31-30 DEN; Q3 NYK 26-25 DEN; Q4 NYK 28-24 DEN.
Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 32 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists on 10-of-16 shooting; Austin Rivers (DEN) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Immanuel Quickley (NYK) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-8 shooting; Michael Porter Jr. (DEN) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Facundo Campazzo (DEN) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.
Standouts
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 | 12 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 97 | |
| DEN | 34 | 30 | 25 | 24 | 113 |
🧮 How They Scored
Box Score
New York Knicks
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julius Randle F | 30 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5-15 | 0-5 | 4-6 | -21 |
| Nerlens Noel F-C | 30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -13 |
| RJ Barrett F-G | 28 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-13 | 4-8 | 2-2 | -5 |
| Derrick Rose G | 27 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -10 |
| Immanuel Quickley G | 24 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 7-9 | -7 |
| Reggie Bullock G-F | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-9 | 3-7 | 3-3 | -14 |
| Elfrid Payton G | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | -17 |
| Obi Toppin F | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Alec Burks G | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -20 |
| Taj Gibson F | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -10 |
| Kevin Knox F | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +11 |
| Norvel Pelle F | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +9 |
| Frank Ntilikina G | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | +11 |
| Jared Harper G | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +4 |
| Theo Pinson G-F | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +5 |
Denver Nuggets
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facundo Campazzo G | 33 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5-12 | 2-7 | 4-4 | +14 |
| Nikola Jokic C | 29 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10-16 | 0-2 | 12-15 | +15 |
| Austin Rivers G | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7-13 | 6-9 | 5-6 | +13 |
| Shaquille Harrison G | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | +8 |
| Michael Porter Jr. F | 25 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | +24 |
| Paul Millsap F | 24 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-13 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +17 |
| Aaron Gordon F | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +8 |
| JaMychal Green F | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +5 |
| JaVale McGee C | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Vlatko Cancar F | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 |
| Bol Bol C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 |
| Markus Howard G | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -8 |
🔬 Advanced Stats
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immanuel Quickley | Bench | 24 | 18 | 75.3 | 23.2 | -13.7 | 15.4 |
| Julius Randle | Bench | 30 | 14 | 39.7 | 31.9 | -27.2 | 6.7 |
| RJ Barrett | Bench | 28 | 14 | 50.4 | 21.2 | -8.1 | 6.2 |
| Reggie Bullock | Bench | 24 | 14 | 67.8 | 19.3 | -26.4 | 11.8 |
| Derrick Rose | Bench | 27 | 14 | 70.0 | 19.0 | -17.9 | 10.6 |
| Elfrid Payton | Bench | 17 | 6 | 40.3 | 28.9 | -44.1 | 9.3 |
| Nerlens Noel | Bench | 30 | 5 | 64.4 | 8.8 | -18.6 | 6.1 |
| Obi Toppin | Bench | 17 | 4 | 33.3 | 14.6 | -11.8 | 7.5 |
| Kevin Knox | Bench | 5 | 3 | 75.0 | 16.7 | +102.3 | 35.3 |
| Taj Gibson | Bench | 11 | 2 | 33.3 | 9.7 | -48.1 | -5.9 |
| Norvel Pelle | Bench | 5 | 2 | 100.0 | 9.1 | +92.7 | 40.0 |
| Jared Harper | Bench | 2 | 1 | 56.8 | 14.3 | +66.7 | 22.2 |
| Alec Burks | Bench | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 18.9 | -62.5 | -6.5 |
| Frank Ntilikina | Bench | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | +102.3 | -29.4 |
| Theo Pinson | Bench | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +166.7 | 12.5 |
| Player | Role | MIN | PTS | TS% | USG% | NET | PIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokic | Bench | 29 | 32 | 70.8 | 32.5 | +22.7 | 37.2 |
| Austin Rivers | Bench | 28 | 25 | 79.9 | 22.5 | +23.4 | 21.1 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | Bench | 25 | 17 | 70.8 | 18.6 | +42.9 | 17.8 |
| Facundo Campazzo | Bench | 33 | 16 | 58.1 | 16.3 | +17.3 | 22.9 |
| Shaquille Harrison | Bench | 27 | 7 | 44.4 | 10.8 | +10.3 | 7.1 |
| Paul Millsap | Bench | 24 | 6 | 23.1 | 19.4 | +30.9 | 1.7 |
| JaVale McGee | Bench | 18 | 5 | 43.4 | 15.6 | +16.7 | 5.6 |
| Vlatko Cancar | Bench | 5 | 2 | 33.3 | 21.4 | -102.3 | 11.8 |
| JaMychal Green | Bench | 20 | 2 | 14.3 | 17.6 | +11.9 | -0.7 |
| Markus Howard | Bench | 4 | 1 | 17.4 | 33.3 | -80.0 | -47.1 |
| Aaron Gordon | Bench | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.1 | +12.4 | -5.1 |
| Bol Bol | Bench | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | -102.3 | -11.8 |
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