New York Knicks 114, Indiana Pacers 113 — Recap

December 18, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 114, Indiana Pacers 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 25-36 IND; Q2 NYK 34-26 IND; Q3 NYK 27-30 IND; Q4 NYK 28-21 IND.

Top performers (box score): Andrew Nembhard (IND) 31 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Pascal Siakam (IND) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-23 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Jordan Clarkson (NYK) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · IND

Andrew Nembhard

31 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 4 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · IND

Pascal Siakam

26 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 9-22 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

25 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 10-23 FG

Season highs

Tyler Kolek · Season-high 11 assistsJordan Clarkson · Season-high 5 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	25	34	27	28		114
IND	36	26	30	21		113

🧮 How They Scored

NYKIND

40Points in the paint40

15Fast-break points12

9Second-chance points11

17Points off turnovers23

42Bench points20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.0%Effective FG%52.2%

13.8%Turnover %12.6%

28.6%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.207Free-throw rate0.202

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	37	22	8	5	0	1	1	9-19	4-9	0-1	+9
Jalen Brunson G	34	25	7	7	3	0	3	10-23	3-8	2-3	-16
OG Anunoby F	34	16	6	1	2	0	3	5-13	2-7	4-7	+11
Jordan Clarkson G	29	18	3	1	1	0	1	6-12	5-9	1-1	+7
Ariel Hukporti C	27	4	5	3	1	2	0	1-3	0-0	2-4	0
Tyler Kolek G	26	16	6	11	1	1	2	7-10	2-4	0-0	+13
Mohamed Diawara F	19	5	3	1	1	0	2	2-5	0-2	1-2	-6
Trey Jemison C	18	5	5	1	0	1	2	2-2	0-0	1-1	+1
Guerschon Yabusele F	11	3	3	0	0	0	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	-17
Pacome Dadiet F	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Pascal Siakam F	38	26	6	5	3	2	2	9-22	2-6	6-6	+3
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	38	16	8	2	2	0	2	7-18	2-9	0-0	+9
Andrew Nembhard G-F	37	31	1	4	1	0	2	12-19	4-5	3-4	+15
Quenton Jackson G	27	10	4	2	1	0	1	3-7	2-5	2-2	+14
Isaiah Jackson F	26	4	10	2	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-5
T.J. McConnell G	18	8	5	5	1	1	2	4-6	0-0	0-0	-15
Jay Huff F-C	18	6	10	1	0	2	3	2-7	0-5	2-2	+4
Jarace Walker F	16	6	3	1	0	0	2	2-4	1-1	1-2	-7
Johnny Furphy G	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Tony Bradley C	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	2-2	0
Ethan Thompson G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	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
Jalen Brunson	Starter	34	25	51.4	32.5	-22.9	13.9
Mikal Bridges	Starter	37	22	56.6	21.5	+11.3	16.2
OG Anunoby	Starter	34	16	49.8	23.8	+15.7	5.4
Mohamed Diawara	Starter	19	5	42.5	16.0	-20.4	2.3
Ariel Hukporti	Starter	27	4	42.0	6.1	-2.0	4.9
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	29	18	72.3	19.1	+15.0	10.1
Tyler Kolek	Bench	26	16	80.0	18.5	+18.5	22.4
Trey Jemison	Bench	18	5	102.5	8.9	+5.5	6.0
Guerschon Yabusele	Bench	11	3	30.0	22.6	-68.0	-6.5
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	+23.8	9.8
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Andrew Nembhard	Starter	37	31	74.7	24.7	+20.9	13.7
Pascal Siakam	Starter	38	26	52.8	28.4	+2.4	15.3
Bennedict Mathurin	Starter	38	16	44.4	21.7	+14.2	7.7
Quenton Jackson	Starter	27	10	63.5	13.2	+18.1	13.5
Jay Huff	Starter	18	6	38.1	24.4	+14.4	8.1
T.J. McConnell	Bench	18	8	66.7	17.4	-42.7	16.0
Jarace Walker	Bench	16	6	61.5	16.7	-32.0	3.7
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	26	4	66.7	4.8	-11.5	8.5
Tony Bradley	Bench	4	2	34.7	27.3	+25.0	2.1
Ethan Thompson	Bench	4	0	0.0	0.0	+25.0	-4.2
Johnny Furphy	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.7	-61.5	-4.3