New York Knicks 116, Houston Rockets 103 — Recap

December 16, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 116, Houston Rockets 103. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 39-30 HOU; Q2 NYK 18-21 HOU; Q3 NYK 27-31 HOU; Q4 NYK 32-21 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Immanuel Quickley (NYK) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 7 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Evan Fournier (NYK) 23 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Daniel Theis (HOU) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; Jae'Sean Tate (HOU) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Immanuel Quickley

24 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 7 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · NYK

Evan Fournier

23 PTS, 1 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 8-12 FG

Scoring · HOU

Daniel Theis

22 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 8-12 FG

Season highs

Immanuel Quickley · Season-high 24 pointsDaniel Theis · Season-high 22 pointsEric Gordon · Season-high 9 assistsMiles McBride · Season-high 9 assistsImmanuel Quickley · Season-high 7 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	39	18	27	32		116
HOU	30	21	31	21		103

🧮 How They Scored

NYKHOU

40Points in the paint46

8Fast-break points4

27Second-chance points14

31Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.2%Effective FG%58.1%

10.5%Turnover %17.3%

38.5%Offensive rebound %16.7%

0.301Free-throw rate0.441

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alec Burks G	37	9	9	1	0	0	1	2-10	1-2	4-4	+13
Miles McBride G	36	15	2	9	4	0	0	6-11	2-5	1-1	+19
Immanuel Quickley G	32	24	4	4	1	1	4	7-13	7-10	3-4	+19
Julius Randle F	32	21	6	6	1	0	3	6-18	3-8	6-6	-9
Mitchell Robinson C	30	17	9	0	1	3	0	8-8	0-0	1-1	+21
Evan Fournier G-F	28	23	1	3	0	0	2	8-12	3-6	4-7	-6
Nerlens Noel F-C	18	0	5	0	0	2	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Taj Gibson F	16	7	3	1	1	0	0	2-8	1-4	2-2	+22
Derrick Rose G	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-6

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Daniel Theis F	33	22	10	1	1	2	1	8-12	2-4	4-5	+10
Josh Christopher G	33	14	0	3	2	0	1	5-9	2-3	2-2	-10
Garrison Mathews G	32	17	7	1	0	0	2	4-10	2-7	7-8	-6
Eric Gordon G	30	5	0	9	0	0	4	2-8	0-4	1-2	+8
Jae'Sean Tate F	29	20	3	6	0	0	4	6-8	2-4	6-8	+4
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	29	15	5	5	0	0	0	6-10	1-3	2-2	-16
D.J. Augustin G	18	4	0	3	0	0	1	1-5	1-3	1-1	-23
Alperen Sengun F-C	15	1	2	1	0	2	4	0-3	0-2	1-2	-23
David Nwaba G	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Armoni Brooks G	9	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-3
Usman Garuba F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	32	24	81.3	25.3	+31.7	15.1
Evan Fournier	Bench	28	23	76.3	29.3	-11.3	15.9
Julius Randle	Bench	32	21	50.9	35.3	-12.9	11.5
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	30	17	100.7	11.1	+38.9	16.0
Miles McBride	Bench	36	15	65.6	13.1	+26.3	16.0
Alec Burks	Bench	37	9	38.3	15.5	+17.4	4.0
Taj Gibson	Bench	16	7	39.4	22.5	+73.3	7.5
Nerlens Noel	Bench	18	0	0.0	5.6	-21.1	0.0
Derrick Rose	Bench	12	0	0.0	7.4	-34.4	-1.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Daniel Theis	Bench	33	22	77.5	22.4	+17.9	18.5
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	29	20	86.8	25.8	+7.0	13.2
Garrison Mathews	Bench	32	17	62.9	20.8	-9.4	9.4
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	29	15	68.9	16.9	-28.2	18.7
Josh Christopher	Bench	33	14	70.9	16.4	-18.6	8.8
Eric Gordon	Bench	30	5	28.2	20.3	+13.8	1.9
D.J. Augustin	Bench	18	4	36.8	16.2	-65.0	3.1
Armoni Brooks	Bench	9	3	75.0	10.5	-9.2	4.0
David Nwaba	Bench	10	2	100.0	5.3	-40.8	13.8
Alperen Sengun	Bench	15	1	12.9	24.2	-76.2	-12.1
Usman Garuba	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+63.3	5.3