New York Knicks 104, New Orleans Pelicans 93 — Recap

December 21, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 104, New Orleans Pelicans 93. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 28-28 NOP; Q2 NYK 17-21 NOP; Q3 NYK 33-26 NOP; Q4 NYK 26-18 NOP.

Top performers (box score): Jalen Brunson (NYK) 39 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 threes on 13-of-19 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 18 points, null rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; OG Anunoby (NYK) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; Dejounte Murray (NOP) 14 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

Jalen Brunson

39 PTS, 1 REB, 6 AST, 7 3PM · 13-19 FG

Scoring · NOP

Trey Murphy III

26 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Mikal Bridges

18 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Jalen Brunson · Season-high 39 points

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	28	17	33	26		104
NOP	28	21	26	18		93

🧮 How They Scored

NYKNOP

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.4%Effective FG%48.7%

14.9%Turnover %16.9%

35.7%Offensive rebound %38.1%

0.176Free-throw rate0.195

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	45	18	—	2	2	—	3	7-16	3-6	1-2	+20
Josh Hart G	42	14	8	5	2	1	1	6-13	1-4	1-2	+12
Jalen Brunson G	40	39	1	6	2	—	4	13-19	7-10	6-6	+25
OG Anunoby F	37	16	5	3	3	—	2	6-17	2-8	2-2	+17
Karl-Anthony Towns C	27	11	10	4	—	1	5	3-10	2-5	3-3	+1
Miles McBride G	16	2	2	1	1	—	—	1-6	0-3	—	-10
Jericho Sims F	13	—	8	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	+17
Precious Achiuwa F	12	2	7	1	—	1	1	1-4	—	—	-13

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	38	26	6	2	—	2	3	11-18	3-8	1-1	-12
Dejounte Murray G	33	14	9	8	1	—	3	5-15	2-6	2-2	-9
Herbert Jones F	33	5	4	4	3	—	1	1-7	1-4	2-4	+4
CJ McCollum G	32	13	5	4	1	1	2	5-13	0-4	3-4	-10
Yves Missi C	30	9	8	1	1	—	5	3-8	—	3-4	-11
Jordan Hawkins G	21	9	2	1	—	—	—	3-8	3-6	—	-5
Javonte Green G-F	18	6	5	1	1	1	2	2-4	2-2	—	-7
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	18	4	4	1	1	—	1	2-4	0-2	—	—

🔬 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	40	39	90.1	28.1	+29.3	28.0
Mikal Bridges	Bench	45	18	53.3	19.4	+21.4	5.8
OG Anunoby	Bench	37	16	44.7	23.3	+23.3	8.7
Josh Hart	Bench	42	14	50.4	16.0	+16.2	12.6
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	27	11	48.6	26.7	+4.0	6.0
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	12	2	25.0	14.7	-57.3	4.9
Miles McBride	Bench	16	2	16.7	14.3	-27.8	1.0
Jericho Sims	Bench	13	—	0.0	0.0	+70.8	40.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	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
Trey Murphy III	Bench	38	26	70.5	22.8	-16.0	15.4
Dejounte Murray	Bench	33	14	44.1	23.2	-14.9	13.4
CJ McCollum	Bench	32	13	44.0	22.1	-15.4	10.9
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	21	9	56.3	16.7	-9.6	8.7
Yves Missi	Bench	30	9	46.1	20.3	-21.8	2.5
Javonte Green	Bench	18	6	75.0	14.6	-13.9	9.0
Herbert Jones	Bench	33	5	28.5	13.5	+10.6	0.0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	18	4	50.0	12.5	+3.1	10.9
Jose Alvarado	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Jemison	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Antonio Reeves	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0