New York Knicks 123, New Orleans Pelicans 117 — Recap

October 30, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 123, New Orleans Pelicans 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 34-28 NOP; Q2 NYK 29-31 NOP; Q3 NYK 25-24 NOP; Q4 NYK 35-34 NOP.

Top performers (box score): RJ Barrett (NYK) 35 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-18 shooting; Jonas Valanciunas (NOP) 27 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Kemba Walker (NYK) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-11 shooting; Evan Fournier (NYK) 19 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Devonte' Graham (NOP) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-21 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

RJ Barrett

35 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 6 3PM · 12-18 FG

Scoring · NOP

Jonas Valanciunas

27 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · NYK

Kemba Walker

19 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 6-11 FG

Season highs

RJ Barrett · Season-high 35 pointsJonas Valanciunas · Season-high 27 pointsDevonte' Graham · Season-high 8 assistsRJ Barrett · Season-high 6 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	34	29	25	35		123
NOP	28	31	24	34		117

🧮 How They Scored

NYKNOP

36Points in the paint52

6Fast-break points24

11Second-chance points12

17Points off turnovers15

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

63.6%Effective FG%51.6%

11.5%Turnover %9.7%

13.9%Offensive rebound %27.3%

0.309Free-throw rate0.261

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	38	10	6	4	0	0	2	4-9	2-2	0-0	+2
Evan Fournier G-F	37	19	1	2	2	1	2	6-14	5-8	2-2	+6
RJ Barrett F-G	36	35	8	6	0	0	1	12-18	6-8	5-6	+8
Kemba Walker G	32	19	4	5	4	0	3	6-11	4-7	3-4	+7
Mitchell Robinson C	27	8	5	0	0	0	1	3-3	0-0	2-2	+2
Taj Gibson F	21	13	7	1	1	1	1	5-8	0-1	3-3	+4
Derrick Rose G	15	5	1	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-2	0-0	-1
Alec Burks G	13	10	3	1	0	0	0	3-6	1-2	3-4	-2
Immanuel Quickley G	11	3	0	1	0	0	1	1-5	0-2	1-2	0
Obi Toppin F	10	1	2	1	0	2	0	0-1	0-1	1-2	+4

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Herbert Jones F	36	12	3	5	3	0	1	6-13	0-3	0-1	+7
Jonas Valanciunas C	33	27	14	4	0	0	2	10-15	1-3	6-7	-9
Devonte' Graham G	32	17	3	8	3	0	1	6-21	2-9	3-3	-3
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	32	13	4	6	0	0	0	5-13	3-7	0-0	-6
Josh Hart G	30	16	8	2	0	0	1	6-8	2-3	2-2	-8
Trey Murphy III F	18	7	1	1	0	1	1	1-3	1-3	4-4	0
Kira Lewis Jr. G	16	12	3	3	0	0	2	5-10	1-2	1-1	0
Tomas Satoransky G-F	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-1	0-0	-3
Jaxson Hayes C	15	6	5	1	1	2	2	2-4	0-1	2-2	+4
Naji Marshall F	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	4-4	-12

🔬 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	36	35	84.8	27.8	+9.0	19.6
Evan Fournier	Bench	37	19	63.8	20.7	+7.7	6.7
Kemba Walker	Bench	32	19	74.5	22.9	+10.3	12.0
Taj Gibson	Bench	21	13	69.7	19.6	+8.9	16.7
Julius Randle	Bench	38	10	55.6	13.3	+0.9	5.4
Alec Burks	Bench	13	10	64.4	26.7	-4.3	36.4
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	27	8	103.1	8.8	+8.2	5.8
Derrick Rose	Bench	15	5	41.7	18.4	-6.3	5.8
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	11	3	25.5	26.9	+3.8	-33.3
Obi Toppin	Bench	10	1	26.6	8.0	+19.0	15.4
Miles McBride	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	33	27	74.7	25.3	-9.2	18.6
Devonte' Graham	Bench	32	17	38.1	27.7	-6.3	8.0
Josh Hart	Bench	30	16	90.1	13.3	-10.4	10.4
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	32	13	50.0	16.5	-7.0	6.9
Herbert Jones	Bench	36	12	44.6	16.1	+7.7	5.1
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	16	12	57.5	31.6	0.0	23.5
Trey Murphy III	Bench	18	7	73.5	14.0	+2.7	5.3
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	15	6	61.5	18.9	+12.9	22.1
Naji Marshall	Bench	11	4	53.2	13.8	-50.0	3.4
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	16	3	50.0	11.8	-5.8	-1.7