New York Knicks 121, San Antonio Spurs 109 — Recap

December 7, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 121, San Antonio Spurs 109. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 28-28 SAS; Q2 NYK 34-28 SAS; Q3 NYK 33-25 SAS; Q4 NYK 26-28 SAS.

Top performers (box score): RJ Barrett (NYK) 32 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Derrick White (SAS) 26 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Alec Burks (NYK) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Immanuel Quickley (NYK) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-12 shooting; Dejounte Murray (SAS) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

RJ Barrett

32 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 7 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · SAS

Derrick White

26 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · NYK

Alec Burks

18 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 6-15 FG

Season highs

Derrick White · Season-high 26 pointsRJ Barrett · Season-high 7 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	28	34	33	26		121
SAS	28	28	25	28		109

🧮 How They Scored

NYKSAS

32Points in the paint54

11Fast-break points7

21Second-chance points8

14Points off turnovers4

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.1%Effective FG%51.1%

9.1%Turnover %9.0%

36.2%Offensive rebound %27.1%

0.209Free-throw rate0.217

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett F-G	39	32	5	2	2	0	2	11-20	7-8	3-4	+5
Alec Burks G	36	18	4	5	0	0	1	6-15	3-8	3-3	+8
Julius Randle F	35	15	7	7	1	1	1	5-12	3-5	2-2	+7
Immanuel Quickley G	26	16	5	2	1	0	0	5-12	2-8	4-4	+13
Nerlens Noel F-C	26	2	9	3	0	1	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Derrick Rose G	22	12	2	2	1	0	1	4-11	2-2	2-2	+8
Mitchell Robinson C	22	11	14	0	2	3	1	4-6	0-0	3-4	+13
Evan Fournier G-F	21	7	3	1	0	0	2	3-8	1-6	0-0	+2
Obi Toppin F	12	8	3	0	0	0	0	4-6	0-1	0-0	+8

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dejounte Murray G	35	15	7	7	1	0	0	6-15	2-5	1-1	-9
Derrick White G	34	26	6	7	0	0	3	9-18	3-6	5-5	-14
Jakob Poeltl C	30	13	8	5	0	3	0	6-11	0-0	1-3	-12
Doug McDermott F	25	13	0	3	0	0	1	5-11	3-7	0-0	-16
Bryn Forbes G	20	12	1	1	1	0	1	4-9	2-6	2-2	-1
Keita Bates-Diop F	16	9	5	1	1	0	0	3-7	0-0	3-3	-3
Keldon Johnson F	16	5	5	1	1	0	1	2-5	0-0	1-4	-3
Lonnie Walker IV G	16	3	2	2	0	0	2	1-7	1-5	0-0	+1
Drew Eubanks F	15	4	7	0	1	1	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	-2
Joshua Primo G	15	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Tre Jones G	12	4	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	2-2	0
Jock Landale C	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+2
Joe Wieskamp G-F	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
RJ Barrett	Bench	39	32	73.5	27.0	+3.5	14.8
Alec Burks	Bench	36	18	55.1	20.5	+9.6	8.4
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	26	16	58.1	21.5	+24.5	11.8
Julius Randle	Bench	35	15	58.2	17.5	+10.1	13.6
Derrick Rose	Bench	22	12	50.5	22.8	+17.8	8.6
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	22	11	70.9	15.5	+25.9	20.0
Obi Toppin	Bench	12	8	66.7	18.2	+25.2	11.9
Evan Fournier	Bench	21	7	43.8	20.8	+2.3	2.3
Nerlens Noel	Bench	26	2	100.0	5.4	-2.0	5.1
Quentin Grimes	Bench	0	0	0.0	0.0	-300.0	0.0

San Antonio SpursTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Derrick White	Bench	34	26	64.4	28.8	-18.5	14.5
Dejounte Murray	Bench	35	15	48.6	18.1	-12.9	11.7
Doug McDermott	Bench	25	13	59.1	19.4	-31.4	5.1
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	30	13	52.8	17.4	-17.9	9.6
Bryn Forbes	Bench	20	12	60.7	23.4	-5.2	9.1
Keita Bates-Diop	Bench	16	9	54.1	21.6	-10.0	14.2
Keldon Johnson	Bench	16	5	37.0	22.2	-6.1	4.6
Jock Landale	Bench	3	5	125.0	40.0	+40.0	45.5
Drew Eubanks	Bench	15	4	50.0	13.2	-3.3	13.3
Tre Jones	Bench	12	4	69.4	14.3	+6.8	5.3
Lonnie Walker IV	Bench	16	3	21.4	23.7	+3.0	-2.6
Joshua Primo	Bench	15	0	0.0	3.1	-4.0	1.4
Joe Wieskamp	Bench	3	0	0.0	0.0	+40.0	-9.1