New York Knicks 142, Denver Nuggets 103 — Recap

March 6, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 142, Denver Nuggets 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 27-29 DEN; Q2 NYK 38-23 DEN; Q3 NYK 40-28 DEN; Q4 NYK 37-23 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Jokic (DEN) 38 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 34 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 17 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-12 shooting; Mitchell Robinson (NYK) 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists on 6-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Nikola Jokic

38 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · NYK

OG Anunoby

34 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 11-17 FG

Scoring · NYK

Josh Hart

18 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 8-12 FG

Season highs

OG Anunoby · Season-high 34 pointsOG Anunoby · Season-high 6 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

NYK 42 largest lead Q4 0:49 (NYK 142, DEN 100) · 10-0 run, Q4 6:24–Q4 4:46

DEN 9 largest lead Q1 8:04 (NYK 2, DEN 11) · 9-0 run, Q1 10:16–Q1 8:04

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: OG Anunoby makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q2 9:04, NYK 34, DEN 33).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	27	38	40	37		142
DEN	29	23	28	23		103

🧮 How They Scored

NYKDEN

76Points in the paint46

22Fast-break points8

17Second-chance points8

24Points off turnovers11

55Bench points33

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

66.3%Effective FG%50.6%

8.8%Turnover %13.7%

37.8%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.221Free-throw rate0.370

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	34	9	3	15	1	0	1	3-13	1-3	2-2	+19
OG Anunoby F	32	34	7	5	4	1	0	11-17	6-11	6-6	+17
Karl-Anthony Towns C	27	17	13	2	1	0	1	7-12	1-4	2-3	+19
Josh Hart G	25	18	5	2	0	0	1	8-12	2-4	0-2	+10
Mikal Bridges F	25	9	2	4	0	3	1	4-8	1-2	0-0	+12
Landry Shamet G	19	10	3	0	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	2-2	+21
Mitchell Robinson C	14	13	5	1	0	0	1	6-7	0-0	1-2	+12
Mohamed Diawara F	13	4	1	2	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	0-0	+7
Jose Alvarado G	11	4	1	3	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	2-2	+13
Pacome Dadiet F	9	11	2	0	0	0	1	4-5	3-3	0-0	+13
Jeremy Sochan F	9	2	3	2	3	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	+13
Tyler Kolek G	9	2	2	8	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+13
Jordan Clarkson G	7	7	3	0	1	0	0	3-5	0-1	1-2	+13
Ariel Hukporti C	6	2	0	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+13

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	31	38	8	5	2	0	3	14-21	1-7	9-10	-18
Christian Braun G	31	7	4	5	0	0	1	2-7	1-4	2-4	-18
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	23	6	1	1	0	0	1	1-6	1-5	3-5	-24
Cameron Johnson F	22	10	3	5	1	0	1	4-7	1-3	1-2	-6
Bruce Brown G	22	7	2	3	2	0	2	3-3	0-0	1-1	-22
Aaron Gordon F	21	3	3	3	0	0	0	1-7	0-3	1-2	-7
Jamal Murray G	17	12	1	3	0	1	0	5-10	1-3	1-3	-4
Julian Strawther G	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-15
Tyus Jones G	12	3	1	1	0	0	2	1-4	1-3	0-0	-14
Spencer Jones F	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	-15
Zeke Nnaji F-C	9	0	3	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-13
Jalen Pickett G	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-13
DaRon Holmes II F	8	11	1	0	0	0	2	3-4	2-3	3-3	-9
Jonas Valanciunas C	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
OG Anunoby	Starter	32	34	86.6	25.6	+24.1	26.3
Josh Hart	Starter	25	18	69.9	22.2	+17.0	11.4
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	27	17	63.8	22.2	+36.4	17.3
Mikal Bridges	Starter	25	9	56.3	15.3	+24.0	8.6
Jalen Brunson	Starter	34	9	32.4	17.6	+23.5	7.2
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	14	13	82.5	21.6	+38.7	13.6
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	9	11	110.0	26.1	+61.9	24.1
Landry Shamet	Bench	19	10	85.0	15.6	+55.0	7.8
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	07	7	59.5	33.3	+76.5	18.4
Jose Alvarado	Bench	11	4	51.5	14.8	+54.2	11.1
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	13	4	50.0	13.8	+32.9	3.3
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	9	2	100.0	13.0	+61.9	18.4
Tyler Kolek	Bench	09	2	50.0	8.7	+61.9	24.1
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	06	2	100.0	12.5	+90.0	3.3
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	31	38	74.8	38.6	-24.1	24.6
Jamal Murray	Starter	17	12	53.0	26.8	-11.4	13.8
Cameron Johnson	Starter	22	10	63.5	18.0	-13.6	10.6
Christian Braun	Starter	31	7	40.0	14.3	-24.1	2.4
Aaron Gordon	Starter	21	3	19.0	16.7	-13.8	1.0
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	08	11	103.4	35.0	-54.4	21.3
Bruce Brown	Bench	22	7	101.7	10.2	-48.9	8.7
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	23	6	36.6	17.6	-46.0	-0.8
Tyus Jones	Bench	12	3	37.5	21.4	-57.1	0.0
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	02	2	100.0	60.0	-100.0	-200.0
Julian Strawther	Bench	17	2	33.3	7.7	-37.7	1.6
Spencer Jones	Bench	10	2	25.0	19.0	-70.5	-7.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	09	0	0.0	13.6	-61.9	2.3
Jalen Pickett	Bench	09	0	0.0	9.1	-61.9	-2.3