New York Knicks 122, Houston Rockets 97 — Recap

May 2, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 122, Houston Rockets 97. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 34-24 HOU; Q2 NYK 25-20 HOU; Q3 NYK 34-27 HOU; Q4 NYK 29-26 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (NYK) 31 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; Derrick Rose (NYK) 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-11 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists on 6-of-14 shooting; Kelly Olynyk (HOU) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Julius Randle

31 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · NYK

Derrick Rose

24 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 8-11 FG

Scoring · NYK

RJ Barrett

21 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Derrick Rose · 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	34	25	34	29		122
HOU	24	20	27	26		97

🧮 How They Scored

NYKHOU

50Points in the paint52

6Fast-break points12

8Second-chance points15

20Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.8%Effective FG%48.1%

12.3%Turnover %15.4%

15.4%Offensive rebound %30.4%

0.186Free-throw rate0.405

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett F-G	40	21	7	5	2	0	3	7-15	3-7	4-5	+31
Taj Gibson F	32	6	5	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+36
Derrick Rose G	31	24	6	4	1	0	1	8-11	4-5	4-4	+35
Julius Randle F	30	31	7	6	1	0	3	13-22	4-9	1-1	+17
Reggie Bullock G-F	26	11	3	1	1	0	0	4-7	3-6	0-0	+17
Immanuel Quickley G	23	13	2	4	1	0	1	5-9	3-5	0-0	+15
Obi Toppin F	17	5	3	1	1	1	2	1-4	0-1	3-4	+9
Elfrid Payton G	14	7	0	1	2	0	1	3-6	1-1	0-0	-2
Nerlens Noel F-C	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-3
Kevin Knox F	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	0-3	0-1	2-2	-8
Norvel Pelle F	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Frank Ntilikina G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8
Jared Harper G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Theo Pinson G-F	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr. G	37	14	6	6	1	0	4	6-13	0-4	2-6	-27
Kelly Olynyk F	36	17	10	7	3	1	3	5-10	1-4	6-7	-5
Christian Wood F	35	19	8	3	0	1	2	6-14	0-5	7-11	-24
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	32	13	6	0	0	1	1	5-9	1-2	2-2	-27
Jae'Sean Tate F	29	8	7	1	0	0	4	3-11	0-3	2-4	-22
Avery Bradley G	20	7	1	0	1	0	1	3-5	1-2	0-0	-9
DaQuan Jeffries F	19	9	4	0	1	1	0	3-6	3-6	0-0	-10
Armoni Brooks G	18	3	3	1	0	0	1	1-7	1-7	0-0	+1
Anthony Lamb F	13	7	2	1	0	1	1	2-4	1-2	2-2	-2

🔬 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	30	31	69.1	37.9	+31.2	23.4
Derrick Rose	Bench	31	24	94.0	21.5	+61.1	25.7
RJ Barrett	Bench	40	21	61.0	23.3	+42.9	12.0
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	23	13	72.2	20.4	+32.6	17.3
Reggie Bullock	Bench	26	11	78.6	11.9	+31.5	9.5
Elfrid Payton	Bench	14	7	58.3	21.2	-2.8	6.5
Taj Gibson	Bench	32	6	75.0	6.1	+61.7	5.6
Obi Toppin	Bench	17	5	43.4	21.6	+29.0	4.7
Kevin Knox	Bench	5	2	25.8	35.7	-69.9	-9.5
Nerlens Noel	Bench	11	2	33.3	14.3	-11.5	-3.4
Frank Ntilikina	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	-88.9	0.0
Theo Pinson	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	-50.0	25.0
Jared Harper	Bench	2	0	0.0	12.5	-75.0	-28.6
Norvel Pelle	Bench	5	0	0.0	7.1	-69.9	-23.8

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Christian Wood	Bench	35	19	50.4	24.4	-36.0	8.3
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	36	17	65.0	18.6	-6.6	18.1
Kevin Porter Jr.	Bench	37	14	44.8	23.5	-39.2	6.9
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	32	13	65.8	14.1	-44.2	7.2
DaQuan Jeffries	Bench	19	9	75.0	12.2	-26.6	8.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	29	8	31.3	23.6	-36.7	-1.9
Avery Bradley	Bench	20	7	70.0	12.0	-23.5	6.2
Anthony Lamb	Bench	13	7	71.7	18.2	-3.8	17.1
Armoni Brooks	Bench	18	3	21.4	17.4	+2.7	0.0