New York Knicks 102, Milwaukee Bucks 96 — Recap

March 27, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 102, Milwaukee Bucks 96. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 32-25 MIL; Q2 NYK 25-29 MIL; Q3 NYK 24-23 MIL; Q4 NYK 21-19 MIL.

Top performers (box score): Thanasis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Alec Burks (NYK) 21 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Jordan Nwora (MIL) 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-22 shooting; Immanuel Quickley (NYK) 13 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 4-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIL

Thanasis Antetokounmpo

23 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · MIL

Jordan Nwora

21 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 4 3PM · 7-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Alec Burks

21 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 7-13 FG

Season highs

Thanasis Antetokounmpo · Season-high 23 pointsJordan Nwora · Season-high 21 pointsThanasis Antetokounmpo · Season-high 10 reboundsJordan Nwora · Season-high 10 reboundsAlec Burks · Season-high 6 threesThanasis Antetokounmpo · Season-high 4 threesJordan Nwora · 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	32	25	24	21		102
MIL	25	29	23	19		96

🧮 How They Scored

NYKMIL

38Points in the paint32

11Fast-break points14

17Second-chance points13

12Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.6%Effective FG%49.4%

12.7%Turnover %14.5%

26.7%Offensive rebound %31.9%

0.086Free-throw rate0.184

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Alec Burks G	41	21	10	5	0	2	1	7-13	6-12	1-1	+13
RJ Barrett F-G	38	21	7	7	1	0	5	8-22	3-10	2-2	-1
Taj Gibson F	34	6	8	4	0	4	1	3-7	0-1	0-2	+7
Nerlens Noel F-C	31	6	11	2	2	3	1	3-7	0-0	0-0	-4
Derrick Rose G	29	13	1	1	2	1	1	6-15	1-5	0-0	+7
Immanuel Quickley G	26	13	3	5	1	1	2	4-14	4-10	1-1	+1
Elfrid Payton G	15	9	1	4	1	0	2	4-7	1-2	0-0	-3
Kevin Knox F	12	5	2	0	1	0	0	1-3	1-3	2-2	+8
Obi Toppin F	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Mitchell Robinson C	6	2	1	0	1	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Thanasis Antetokounmpo F	37	23	10	5	2	0	3	8-15	4-5	3-5	+1
Jordan Nwora F	36	21	10	2	1	0	3	7-18	4-8	3-6	-14
Brook Lopez C	30	12	10	1	4	2	5	6-11	0-1	0-0	+2
Pat Connaughton G	29	12	4	2	1	1	1	4-9	3-6	1-2	+6
Bryn Forbes G	29	10	2	3	1	0	1	3-11	1-6	3-3	+5
Sam Merrill G	28	8	3	5	2	1	3	3-10	2-7	0-0	-19
Axel Toupane F	27	2	2	1	0	1	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-11
Mamadi Diakite F	23	8	7	2	0	2	0	4-9	0-2	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	38	21	45.9	29.8	-3.9	11.0
Alec Burks	Bench	41	21	78.1	14.4	+13.4	15.6
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	26	13	45.0	26.2	0.0	7.9
Derrick Rose	Bench	29	13	43.3	21.9	+11.7	6.7
Elfrid Payton	Bench	15	9	64.3	27.3	-10.7	14.4
Obi Toppin	Bench	7	6	75.0	25.0	-20.5	17.2
Nerlens Noel	Bench	31	6	42.9	10.8	-6.5	8.1
Taj Gibson	Bench	34	6	38.1	11.0	+7.3	6.7
Kevin Knox	Bench	12	5	64.4	12.5	+28.2	20.0
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	6	2	100.0	14.3	+39.7	4.6

Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Bench	37	23	66.9	23.5	+2.7	17.2
Jordan Nwora	Bench	36	21	50.9	28.6	-18.9	10.7
Pat Connaughton	Bench	29	12	60.7	15.5	+10.5	11.7
Brook Lopez	Bench	30	12	54.5	22.5	+1.6	11.3
Bryn Forbes	Bench	29	10	40.6	19.7	+8.9	6.0
Sam Merrill	Bench	28	8	40.0	19.4	-34.9	6.5
Mamadi Diakite	Bench	23	8	44.4	16.4	+4.3	11.2
Axel Toupane	Bench	27	2	25.0	6.0	-21.2	0.5