New York Knicks 115, Denver Nuggets 132 — Recap

February 8, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 115, Denver Nuggets 132. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 36-40 DEN; Q2 NYK 24-43 DEN; Q3 NYK 34-28 DEN; Q4 NYK 21-21 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (NYK) 28 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Nah'Shon Hyland (DEN) 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 21 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Evan Fournier (NYK) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Will Barton (DEN) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Julius Randle

28 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nah'Shon Hyland

22 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 6-12 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

21 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST · 8-14 FG

Season highs

JaMychal Green · Season-high 20 points

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	36	24	34	21		115
DEN	40	43	28	21		132

🧮 How They Scored

NYKDEN

54Points in the paint54

8Fast-break points21

18Second-chance points16

13Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.0%Effective FG%63.5%

7.0%Turnover %11.6%

25.9%Offensive rebound %30.8%

0.119Free-throw rate0.365

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett F-G	35	18	2	2	0	0	0	7-19	4-6	0-0	-9
Julius Randle F	34	28	10	6	3	0	1	11-22	3-8	3-4	-8
Evan Fournier G-F	32	21	7	2	3	1	2	8-16	4-10	1-1	-5
Taj Gibson F	27	12	4	1	2	0	0	5-6	2-3	0-0	-3
Alec Burks G	26	14	4	2	0	1	0	6-10	1-4	1-1	+2
Kemba Walker G	22	2	2	8	0	0	2	1-6	0-3	0-0	-12
Immanuel Quickley G	18	5	3	3	0	0	1	2-9	0-5	1-1	-11
Jericho Sims F	18	2	5	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-14
Obi Toppin F	14	11	3	1	1	0	1	4-8	1-2	2-3	-9
Cameron Reddish F-G	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	2-2	-16
Miles McBride G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Barton G	37	20	7	5	1	0	2	8-12	4-6	0-0	-1
Aaron Gordon F	31	19	8	4	0	1	1	8-12	3-5	0-0	+1
Nikola Jokic C	30	21	11	7	0	0	6	8-14	0-3	5-7	+1
Monte Morris G	28	5	1	6	0	0	0	2-6	1-3	0-0	-6
Nah'Shon Hyland G	25	22	6	3	0	0	1	6-12	4-7	6-7	+27
Zeke Nnaji F-C	24	11	7	0	2	0	1	5-9	0-4	1-3	+11
Jeff Green F	18	6	3	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	4-5	-3
JaMychal Green F	17	20	4	2	2	0	1	6-7	2-2	6-7	+21
Bryn Forbes G	15	6	2	2	0	0	1	2-6	2-4	0-0	+18
Davon Reed G	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-4	0-4	0-0	+16
Markus Howard G	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	0
Facundo Campazzo G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	34	28	58.9	29.8	-9.2	15.3
Evan Fournier	Bench	32	21	63.9	23.4	-5.7	11.9
RJ Barrett	Bench	35	18	47.4	22.4	-12.2	4.3
Alec Burks	Bench	26	14	67.0	14.9	-0.6	11.9
Taj Gibson	Bench	27	12	100.0	9.4	-5.2	7.5
Obi Toppin	Bench	14	11	59.0	31.3	-32.1	19.5
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	18	5	26.5	22.7	-30.6	-4.8
Jericho Sims	Bench	18	2	50.0	4.5	-45.4	4.5
Cameron Reddish	Bench	14	2	34.7	12.5	-57.1	-1.1
Kemba Walker	Bench	22	2	16.7	16.3	-26.1	3.8
Miles McBride	Bench	1	0	0.0	33.3	0.0	-33.3

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	25	22	72.9	27.6	+52.9	24.2
Nikola Jokic	Bench	30	21	61.5	32.4	-0.5	13.2
Will Barton	Bench	37	20	83.3	16.5	-3.1	11.0
JaMychal Green	Bench	17	20	99.2	26.2	+55.8	29.9
Aaron Gordon	Bench	31	19	79.2	18.1	-0.5	15.5
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	24	11	53.3	18.3	+22.0	7.5
Jeff Green	Bench	18	6	57.7	11.9	-7.7	5.7
Bryn Forbes	Bench	15	6	50.0	18.9	+58.1	3.4
Monte Morris	Bench	28	5	41.7	9.2	-8.2	4.3
Markus Howard	Bench	2	2	113.6	20.0	-10.0	150.0
Facundo Campazzo	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	-10.0	0.0
Davon Reed	Bench	11	0	0.0	13.8	+69.5	-3.2