New York Knicks 106, Indiana Pacers 102 — Recap

January 2, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 106, Indiana Pacers 102. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 26-28 IND; Q2 NYK 24-23 IND; Q3 NYK 32-31 IND; Q4 NYK 24-20 IND.

Top performers (box score): Malcolm Brogdon (IND) 33 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Elfrid Payton (NYK) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-17 shooting; Myles Turner (IND) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Mitchell Robinson (NYK) 16 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists on 8-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · IND

Malcolm Brogdon

33 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 7 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

RJ Barrett

25 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · NYK

Elfrid Payton

19 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Malcolm Brogdon · Season-high 33 pointsMalcolm Brogdon · Season-high 7 threesRJ Barrett · Season-high 4 threesJustin Holiday · 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	26	24	32	24		106
IND	28	23	31	20		102

🧮 How They Scored

NYKIND

56Points in the paint26

8Fast-break points14

16Second-chance points7

13Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.8%Effective FG%51.8%

14.5%Turnover %8.0%

27.0%Offensive rebound %10.9%

0.157Free-throw rate0.214

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett F-G	42	25	5	3	0	0	1	8-15	4-5	5-6	+5
Julius Randle F	37	12	11	8	2	0	4	5-16	2-5	0-0	+6
Elfrid Payton G	34	19	8	5	0	0	3	8-17	0-1	3-4	+6
Reggie Bullock G-F	33	6	7	1	1	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-1	+6
Mitchell Robinson C	29	16	9	1	0	2	0	8-10	0-0	0-0	+10
Austin Rivers G	17	15	2	2	0	0	3	6-9	3-6	0-0	+2
Nerlens Noel F-C	17	4	6	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Immanuel Quickley G	15	9	1	2	0	0	3	3-4	1-2	2-2	-4
Kevin Knox F	15	0	2	1	0	1	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	-3

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malcolm Brogdon G	41	33	3	7	2	0	1	12-18	7-10	2-2	-4
Domantas Sabonis F	39	13	13	4	2	0	4	4-8	1-1	4-4	-9
Victor Oladipo G	37	16	7	3	1	1	1	3-16	2-9	8-11	-12
Myles Turner C-F	32	17	4	0	0	1	2	7-15	3-9	0-0	-10
Justin Holiday F-G	28	12	1	2	1	1	0	4-5	4-5	0-0	+4
Aaron Holiday G	26	0	2	1	0	1	0	0-6	0-5	0-0	0
Doug McDermott F	20	9	0	0	0	0	0	3-13	2-9	1-1	+5
T.J. McConnell G	12	2	0	5	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+6
Kelan Martin F	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	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
RJ Barrett	Bench	42	25	70.9	19.8	+7.3	14.5
Elfrid Payton	Bench	34	19	50.6	26.3	+7.2	13.4
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	29	16	80.0	14.9	+19.2	18.3
Austin Rivers	Bench	17	15	83.3	30.8	+2.9	21.2
Julius Randle	Bench	37	12	37.5	23.3	+3.6	10.5
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	15	9	92.2	23.5	-24.1	8.3
Reggie Bullock	Bench	33	6	46.6	9.6	+12.6	4.0
Nerlens Noel	Bench	17	4	100.0	5.6	-33.3	15.2
Kevin Knox	Bench	15	0	0.0	11.1	-17.7	-2.2

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Malcolm Brogdon	Bench	41	33	87.4	21.3	-3.6	22.4
Myles Turner	Bench	32	17	56.7	25.0	-14.2	8.3
Victor Oladipo	Bench	37	16	38.4	27.5	-16.2	5.1
Domantas Sabonis	Bench	39	13	66.6	16.9	-10.3	11.2
Justin Holiday	Bench	28	12	120.0	8.9	+11.7	11.6
Doug McDermott	Bench	20	9	33.5	30.2	+18.0	-1.1
T.J. McConnell	Bench	12	2	50.0	8.7	+32.2	7.5
Aaron Holiday	Bench	26	0	0.0	10.3	+4.1	-5.8
Kelan Martin	Bench	4	0	0.0	11.1	-15.3	5.6