San Antonio Spurs 114, New York Knicks 117 — Recap

December 25, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): San Antonio Spurs 114, New York Knicks 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 SAS 27-28 NYK; Q2 SAS 31-23 NYK; Q3 SAS 25-37 NYK; Q4 SAS 31-29 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Victor Wembanyama (SAS) 42 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 16-of-31 shooting; Mikal Bridges (NYK) 41 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 17-of-25 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Jeremy Sochan (SAS) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-10 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 20 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists on 7-of-23 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · SAS

Victor Wembanyama

42 PTS, 18 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 16-31 FG

Scoring · NYK

Mikal Bridges

41 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 17-25 FG

Scoring · NYK

Karl-Anthony Towns

21 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 9-16 FG

Season highs

Mikal Bridges · Season-high 41 pointsTre Jones · Season-high 9 assists

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
SAS	27	31	25	31		114
NYK	28	23	37	29		117

🧮 How They Scored

SASNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

60.2%Effective FG%52.1%

14.2%Turnover %2.8%

21.1%Offensive rebound %31.5%

0.205Free-throw rate0.165

Box Score

San Antonio Spurs

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Victor Wembanyama F-C	40	42	18	4	1	4	4	16-31	6-16	4-4	+7
Chris Paul G	36	13	6	7	1	—	1	4-8	3-6	2-2	+6
Devin Vassell G-F	36	11	3	5	—	1	4	4-11	1-4	2-2	-13
Jeremy Sochan F	33	21	9	2	—	—	5	8-10	3-3	2-2	-12
Julian Champagnie F	26	9	2	1	—	—	—	3-7	3-7	—	-4
Keldon Johnson F	18	2	3	1	—	—	—	1-2	—	—	+5
Stephon Castle G	17	6	2	3	—	—	—	2-7	0-1	2-4	-4
Harrison Barnes F	17	3	1	1	—	1	1	1-3	0-1	1-2	-10
Tre Jones G	16	7	1	9	1	—	—	3-4	—	1-1	+10

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges F	43	41	1	4	2	2	—	17-25	6-9	1-1	+8
Jalen Brunson G	38	20	7	9	1	—	1	7-23	0-5	6-7	+4
Josh Hart G	38	12	12	6	2	—	1	4-8	1-3	3-4	-1
OG Anunoby F	36	8	5	1	1	—	—	3-10	2-6	—	+13
Karl-Anthony Towns C	30	21	9	2	—	—	1	9-16	1-5	2-2	-13
Miles McBride G	30	8	3	2	—	—	—	2-10	2-6	2-2	—
Precious Achiuwa F	20	5	10	1	1	1	—	2-5	1-3	—	+14

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Victor Wembanyama	Bench	40	42	64.1	41.1	+11.5	22.0
Jeremy Sochan	Bench	33	21	96.5	21.6	-14.2	13.1
Chris Paul	Bench	36	13	73.2	12.5	+8.3	11.4
Devin Vassell	Bench	36	11	46.3	19.5	-16.7	3.9
Julian Champagnie	Bench	26	9	64.3	12.3	-7.5	4.7
Tre Jones	Bench	16	7	78.8	11.8	+35.7	20.1
Stephon Castle	Bench	17	6	34.2	22.5	-8.0	4.1
Harrison Barnes	Bench	17	3	38.7	12.2	-27.8	0.0
Keldon Johnson	Bench	18	2	50.0	5.0	+10.6	2.0
Zach Collins	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sandro Mamukelashvili	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malaki Branham	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blake Wesley	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Charles Bassey	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Mikal Bridges	Bench	43	41	80.6	23.8	+7.9	18.9
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	30	21	62.2	25.0	-22.8	11.5
Jalen Brunson	Bench	38	20	38.3	29.7	+5.3	9.6
Josh Hart	Bench	38	12	61.5	12.9	+0.2	10.1
OG Anunoby	Bench	36	8	40.0	11.5	+15.2	2.7
Miles McBride	Bench	30	8	36.8	15.3	-2.0	2.3
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	20	5	50.0	9.4	+31.1	15.0
Landry Shamet	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jericho Sims	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Pacome Dadiet	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Kolek	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0