New York Knicks 94, Houston Rockets 111 — Recap

March 31, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 94, Houston Rockets 111. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 21-37 HOU; Q2 NYK 29-26 HOU; Q3 NYK 22-29 HOU; Q4 NYK 22-19 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Kevin Durant (HOU) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-18 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Reed Sheppard (HOU) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Tari Eason (HOU) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Amen Thompson (HOU) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists on 8-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · HOU

Kevin Durant

27 PTS, 6 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 10-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

22 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 7-17 FG

Scoring · HOU

Reed Sheppard

20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 8-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NYK 1 largest lead Q1 11:21 (NYK 1, HOU 0) · 10-0 run, Q2 0:28–Q3 10:31

HOU 21 largest lead Q4 3:01 (NYK 88, HOU 109) · 14-0 run, Q1 11:11–Q1 8:50

Swings 1 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Amen Thompson makes 2-foot driving dunk (Alperen Sengun assists) (Q1 11:11, NYK 1, HOU 2).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	21	29	22	22		94
HOU	37	26	29	19		111

🧮 How They Scored

NYKHOU

38Points in the paint42

17Fast-break points15

23Second-chance points4

16Points off turnovers18

32Bench points22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.2%Effective FG%63.5%

10.7%Turnover %8.6%

27.3%Offensive rebound %17.1%

0.188Free-throw rate0.205

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby F	38	8	6	0	2	1	0	3-9	2-8	0-0	-14
Jalen Brunson G	37	12	6	8	1	0	3	5-14	1-5	1-2	-26
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	22	8	3	0	0	1	7-17	2-4	6-8	-11
Mikal Bridges F	34	7	3	4	1	0	1	3-4	1-2	0-0	-11
Josh Hart G	28	13	5	2	0	0	3	5-12	1-6	2-2	-22
Jordan Clarkson G	19	10	2	0	0	0	0	4-6	0-0	2-2	+2
Mitchell Robinson C	16	5	5	0	1	0	0	2-4	0-0	1-2	-14
Jose Alvarado G	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	5-6	2-2	0-0	+9
Miles McBride G	12	3	1	2	0	1	3	1-9	1-5	0-0	-8
Jeremy Sochan F	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+2
Pacome Dadiet F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Tyler Kolek G	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Ariel Hukporti C	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Mohamed Diawara F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Amen Thompson G-F	39	17	4	8	0	2	1	8-14	0-2	1-2	+19
Jabari Smith Jr. F	39	15	6	2	1	0	1	5-10	3-6	2-2	+14
Kevin Durant F	34	27	6	8	0	2	2	10-18	4-7	3-4	+28
Tari Eason F	30	17	8	3	2	1	0	6-10	3-6	2-2	+21
Alperen Sengun F-C	30	13	5	10	1	0	2	4-5	1-2	4-6	+8
Reed Sheppard G	28	20	5	2	2	1	2	8-12	4-7	0-0	+10
Clint Capela C	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+11
Jae'Sean Tate F	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-11
Josh Okogie G	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Aaron Holiday G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-11
JD Davison G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Jeff Green F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	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
Karl-Anthony Towns	Starter	34	22	53.6	30.6	-19.2	12.1
Josh Hart	Starter	28	13	50.5	25.4	-43.3	5.2
Jalen Brunson	Starter	37	12	40.3	21.2	-38.0	6.8
OG Anunoby	Starter	38	8	44.4	10.7	-26.6	4.8
Mikal Bridges	Starter	34	7	87.5	7.0	-19.3	6.8
Jose Alvarado	Bench	12	12	100.0	26.1	+45.0	28.6
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	19	10	72.7	15.2	-1.0	11.0
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	16	5	51.2	12.2	-51.9	7.3
Miles McBride	Bench	12	3	16.7	35.3	-36.2	-18.8
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	02	2	50.0	40.0	+66.7	100.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	+66.7	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	200.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	+66.7	0.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	0.0
Dillon Jones	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kevin Durant	Starter	34	27	68.3	32.4	+44.6	19.2
Tari Eason	Starter	30	17	78.1	18.0	+36.8	16.1
Amen Thompson	Starter	39	17	57.1	20.3	+30.9	11.8
Jabari Smith Jr.	Starter	39	15	68.9	14.8	+22.1	9.2
Alperen Sengun	Starter	30	13	85.1	14.8	+21.2	12.0
Reed Sheppard	Bench	28	20	83.3	25.9	+19.2	20.0
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	11	2	25.0	16.7	-64.6	-8.8
Clint Capela	Bench	12	0	0.0	4.3	+53.2	5.7
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeff Green	Bench	02	0	0.0	66.7	-66.7	-100.0
Aaron Holiday	Bench	06	0	0.0	14.3	-110.0	-10.5
Josh Okogie	Bench	07	0	0.0	0.0	+6.0	6.1
JD Davison	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-66.7	0.0