New York Knicks 109, Los Angeles Lakers 113 — Recap

March 6, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 109, Los Angeles Lakers 113 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 27-31 LAL; Q2 NYK 33-20 LAL; Q3 NYK 24-25 LAL; Q4 NYK 15-23 LAL; OT1 NYK 10-14 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 39 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; Luka Doncic (LAL) 32 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; LeBron James (LAL) 31 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-23 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Josh Hart (NYK) 18 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

39 PTS, 4 REB, 10 AST, 1 3PM · 13-26 FG

Scoring · LAL

Luka Doncic

32 PTS, 7 REB, 12 AST, 4 3PM · 9-23 FG

Scoring · LAL

LeBron James

31 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 11-23 FG

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	OT		T
NYK	27	33	24	15	10		109
LAL	31	20	25	23	14		113

🧮 How They Scored

NYKLAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

46.0%Effective FG%50.6%

10.5%Turnover %13.6%

27.5%Offensive rebound %28.6%

0.364Free-throw rate0.315

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby F	44	20	4	1	—	1	2	7-18	4-11	2-3	-13
Josh Hart G	44	18	10	2	4	—	3	6-13	2-6	4-7	-6
Mikal Bridges F	43	6	3	3	3	—	1	3-6	0-1	—	-12
Karl-Anthony Towns C	42	12	14	1	1	—	2	3-13	1-6	5-7	-1
Jalen Brunson G	41	39	4	10	—	—	3	13-26	1-7	12-13	-8
Miles McBride G	21	—	5	2	1	1	1	0-6	0-4	—	+4
Mitchell Robinson C	13	6	4	—	1	—	—	2-3	—	2-2	+2
Landry Shamet G	6	5	—	—	—	—	—	2-3	1-2	—	+6

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	44	31	12	8	—	1	1	11-23	2-8	7-8	+4
Luka Doncic F-G	43	32	7	12	4	—	5	9-23	4-12	10-12	+16
Dorian Finney-Smith F	38	2	5	—	1	—	2	1-5	0-3	—	+12
Jaxson Hayes C	33	8	5	3	—	2	2	3-5	—	2-2	+5
Austin Reaves G	32	8	6	—	—	—	2	2-13	1-7	3-4	-7
Gabe Vincent G	24	12	1	1	—	—	1	4-5	4-4	—	+4
Dalton Knecht F	21	11	4	1	—	—	1	4-8	3-7	—	-1
Jarred Vanderbilt F	17	2	5	—	2	1	—	1-3	0-1	—	-11
Trey Jemison C	13	7	4	—	—	—	2	3-4	—	1-2	-2

🔬 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	Bench	41	39	61.5	35.8	-12.5	22.5
OG Anunoby	Bench	44	20	51.8	20.0	-14.6	4.5
Josh Hart	Bench	44	18	56.0	18.1	-10.6	11.6
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	42	12	37.3	18.2	-2.5	5.9
Mikal Bridges	Bench	43	6	50.0	7.2	-15.6	7.2
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	13	6	77.3	12.1	+10.7	14.2
Landry Shamet	Bench	6	5	83.3	20.0	+50.0	9.8
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Miles McBride	Bench	21	—	0.0	12.1	+10.8	-2.8

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Luka Doncic	Bench	43	32	56.6	33.7	+18.6	19.7
LeBron James	Bench	44	31	58.4	28.3	+7.0	24.6
Gabe Vincent	Bench	24	12	120.0	11.5	+7.1	11.6
Dalton Knecht	Bench	21	11	68.8	18.8	-2.5	21.9
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	33	8	68.0	10.1	+9.2	5.7
Austin Reaves	Bench	32	8	27.1	24.6	-4.1	-4.3
Trey Jemison	Bench	13	7	71.7	25.9	+1.9	8.2
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	38	2	20.0	7.6	+19.2	-0.8
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	17	2	33.3	7.1	-24.6	6.1
Bronny James	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0