New York Knicks 95, LA Clippers 105 — Recap

March 7, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 95, LA Clippers 105. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 25-31 LAC; Q2 NYK 29-29 LAC; Q3 NYK 24-19 LAC; Q4 NYK 17-26 LAC.

Top performers (box score): James Harden (LAC) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-12 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; Nicolas Batum (LAC) 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAC

James Harden

27 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 7-20 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

23 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-21 FG

Scoring · NYK

Mikal Bridges

22 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST · 8-12 FG

Season highs

Josh Hart · Season-high 20 reboundsBogdan Bogdanovic · Season-high 12 reboundsNicolas Batum · 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	29	24	17		95
LAC	31	29	19	26		105

🧮 How They Scored

NYKLAC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

44.0%Effective FG%50.6%

12.4%Turnover %11.1%

26.9%Offensive rebound %19.6%

0.214Free-throw rate0.216

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Hart G	46	14	20	6	—	—	2	6-13	1-4	1-2	-6
Mikal Bridges F	43	22	4	5	—	1	4	8-12	0-1	6-6	-8
OG Anunoby F	37	11	8	1	2	1	3	4-15	2-8	1-1	-14
Karl-Anthony Towns C	34	23	10	2	2	—	3	8-21	3-7	4-4	-17
Miles McBride G	34	7	2	6	1	—	1	2-13	2-9	1-2	-10
Landry Shamet G	17	4	2	—	1	—	—	1-4	0-2	2-2	+2
Precious Achiuwa F	16	9	5	2	—	1	—	4-6	—	1-1	+3

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ivica Zubac C	39	16	14	3	—	1	1	8-18	—	—	+19
Kawhi Leonard F	37	20	7	6	2	—	2	6-18	1-6	7-8	+3
James Harden G	36	27	3	7	—	2	4	7-20	5-12	8-9	+14
Nicolas Batum F-G	34	17	4	1	2	2	3	6-9	5-7	—	+7
Kris Dunn G	29	2	2	3	2	2	1	1-3	0-2	—	+2
Bogdan Bogdanovic G	27	8	12	3	1	—	—	4-9	0-4	—	+7
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	18	9	3	—	—	1	—	3-5	2-3	1-2	-1
Amir Coffey G	15	6	1	—	—	—	—	2-4	2-4	—	—
Drew Eubanks F	4	—	1	—	—	—	1	0-2	—	—	-1

🔬 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	Bench	34	23	50.5	29.9	-25.3	12.0
Mikal Bridges	Bench	43	22	75.1	18.6	-9.2	11.9
Josh Hart	Bench	46	14	50.4	14.7	-5.4	15.7
OG Anunoby	Bench	37	11	35.6	19.4	-18.4	1.4
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	16	9	69.9	15.8	+6.2	25.2
Miles McBride	Bench	34	7	25.2	17.4	-13.0	0.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	17	4	41.0	13.5	+8.7	3.6
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
MarJon Beauchamp	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

LA ClippersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
James Harden	Bench	36	27	56.3	32.2	+20.2	13.1
Kawhi Leonard	Bench	37	20	46.5	28.6	+2.6	11.4
Nicolas Batum	Bench	34	17	94.4	14.6	+11.6	12.5
Ivica Zubac	Bench	39	16	44.4	21.3	+23.1	11.0
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	18	9	76.5	15.0	-0.3	15.0
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	27	8	44.4	14.1	+5.8	15.8
Amir Coffey	Bench	15	6	75.0	11.4	0.0	3.8
Kris Dunn	Bench	29	2	33.3	6.0	+8.5	5.8
Drew Eubanks	Bench	4	—	0.0	33.3	0.0	-32.0
Kobe Brown	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Miller	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0