New York Knicks 118, LA Clippers 126 — Recap

March 9, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 118, LA Clippers 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 24-28 LAC; Q2 NYK 31-36 LAC; Q3 NYK 26-24 LAC; Q4 NYK 37-38 LAC.

Top performers (box score): Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 35 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-17 shooting; Kawhi Leonard (LAC) 29 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Bennedict Mathurin (LAC) 28 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 28 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Darius Garland (LAC) 23 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

35 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 13-17 FG

Scoring · LAC

Kawhi Leonard

29 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · LAC

Bennedict Mathurin

28 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 9-20 FG

Season highs

Kawhi Leonard · Season-high 8 assists

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 Q2 10:09 (NYK 31, LAC 30) · 11-0 run, Q4 6:57–Q4 5:20

LAC 15 largest lead Q3 5:15 (NYK 64, LAC 79) · 9-0 run, Q1 11:26–Q1 10:24

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Kris Dunn makes driving layup (Q2 9:58, NYK 31, LAC 32).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	24	31	26	37		118
LAC	28	36	24	38		126

🧮 How They Scored

NYKLAC

58Points in the paint46

11Fast-break points19

23Second-chance points11

10Points off turnovers24

14Bench points37

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.9%Effective FG%55.9%

16.4%Turnover %7.1%

34.1%Offensive rebound %19.6%

0.178Free-throw rate0.280

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	38	28	4	8	1	0	3	12-23	2-7	2-3	+1
OG Anunoby F	37	22	6	2	2	0	4	8-15	3-8	3-4	-3
Josh Hart G	37	12	13	3	0	0	3	5-7	1-3	1-1	-13
Karl-Anthony Towns C	36	35	12	7	0	1	3	13-17	3-4	6-8	-12
Mikal Bridges F	26	7	7	4	2	0	1	3-8	1-3	0-0	-17
Landry Shamet G	23	9	1	0	0	0	2	3-12	3-12	0-0	+6
Mohamed Diawara F	18	5	4	2	0	0	2	2-3	1-1	0-0	+3
Ariel Hukporti C	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Jose Alvarado G	8	0	1	3	0	0	0	0-4	0-2	0-0	-8
Jordan Clarkson G	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Tyler Kolek G	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

LA Clippers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	36	28	7	1	1	0	2	9-20	2-5	8-9	+5
Kawhi Leonard F	35	29	7	8	2	0	1	10-19	2-5	7-7	+26
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	34	16	7	2	3	2	1	6-14	4-7	0-1	+1
Darius Garland G	30	23	1	7	2	0	2	7-16	5-9	4-6	+20
Brook Lopez C	30	16	4	3	0	1	0	5-8	3-5	3-3	+23
Kris Dunn G	29	5	7	3	3	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	-2
Jordan Miller G	18	2	0	1	0	0	1	1-5	0-1	0-0	-7
Isaiah Jackson F	17	4	3	0	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	-13
Nicolas Batum F-G	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	1-4	1-4	0-0	-13

🔬 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	36	35	85.3	25.0	-15.4	20.6
Jalen Brunson	Starter	38	28	57.6	28.1	+1.2	14.0
OG Anunoby	Starter	37	22	65.6	23.1	-3.7	9.6
Josh Hart	Starter	37	12	80.6	10.6	-16.5	8.5
Mikal Bridges	Starter	26	7	43.8	13.8	-32.7	9.8
Landry Shamet	Bench	23	9	37.5	23.0	+10.1	-5.0
Mohamed Diawara	Bench	18	5	83.3	12.5	+5.2	8.6
Jordan Clarkson	Bench	03	0	0.0	12.5	0.0	-4.2
Jose Alvarado	Bench	08	0	0.0	22.2	-40.4	-3.0
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Jemison	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-25.0	7.7
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.7	+16.7	5.3
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Bench	00	0	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
Kawhi Leonard	Starter	35	29	65.7	27.1	+31.3	18.3
Darius Garland	Starter	30	23	61.7	28.8	+30.8	13.2
Derrick Jones Jr.	Starter	34	16	55.4	17.6	-0.4	8.9
Brook Lopez	Starter	30	16	85.8	13.2	+34.4	12.2
Kris Dunn	Starter	29	5	62.5	5.8	+0.3	9.6
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	36	28	58.4	29.2	+4.9	12.8
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	17	4	66.7	9.5	-38.2	-1.5
Nicolas Batum	Bench	11	3	37.5	16.0	-53.2	-3.1
Jordan Miller	Bench	18	2	20.0	14.6	-10.3	-6.7
Bogdan Bogdanovic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cam Christie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kobe Sanders	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0