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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 25 | 18 | 38 | 29 | 110 |
 Knicks | 35 | 30 | 19 | 32 | 116 |
DENTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 35-8541.2% | 18-4143.9% | 22-3171.0% | 36 | 20 | 13 |
| NYK | 41-8250.0% | 13-3240.6% | 21-2391.3% | 49 | 27 | 22 |
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New York Knicks116| 35 | 12 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.4 | ||||||
| 34 | 38, Career high (his best before, 35) | 14-26 | 4-7, Ties his career high | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +6.1 | |||||||
| 33 | 13 | 4-11 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | +0.5 | |||||||
| 32 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 24 | 12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −8 | +0.7 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 11 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.1 | |||||
| 21 | 15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 9-10 | 0 | +14 | +8.5 | |||||||
| 16 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −5.2 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.1 | ||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0.0 | ||
| Team | 116 | 41-8250.0% | 13-3240.6% | 49 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 21-2391.3% | 11 | 8 | 10 | |||
Bench 35 points on 11 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Ramon Sessions and Lance Thomas (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets110| 35 | 18 | 6-15 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | +0.9 | |||||||
| 34 | 8 | 2-13 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0 | −2.8 | ||||||||
| 32 | 20 | 8-16 | 2-9 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −1 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 30 | 28 | 9-15 | 6-10, Career high (his best before, 3) | 4-6 | +5 | +11.8 | ||||||||
| 27 | 6 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 4-4 | +5 | −1.6 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 13 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | −12 | +4.1 | ||||||
| 20 | 15 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | −11 | +4.0 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | −3 | −4.3 | |||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.9 | ||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.3 | |||
| Team | 110 | 35-8541.2% | 18-4143.9% | 36 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 22-3171.0% | 13 | 13 | 5 | |||
Bench 30 points on 9 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Richard Jefferson and Trey Lyles (coach’s decision).
Knicks116Nuggets110ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Kristaps Porziņģis scored a career-high 38 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Denver Nuggets 116-110.
Doug McDermott’s 3-pointer put the Knicks ahead for good with 1:09 left in the third quarter.
The Nuggets got within 89-88 on Will Barton’s reverse layup with 9:50 to play, but Tim Hardaway Jr. answered with a 30-foot 3-pointer, and the Nuggets got no closer than 104-102.
During clutch time, the Knicks outscored the Nuggets 11-2. Porziņģis scored 5 of the Knicks’ 11 on 1 for 5 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line.
Kyle O'Quinn had 15 points (9 at the free-throw line), 12 rebounds and 5 blocks off the bench. Hardaway added 13 points and 3 steals, and Enes Freedom had 12 points (10 in the first quarter) and 9 rebounds. Porziņģis and Jarrett Jack set each other up for 6 baskets and 14 points.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 28 points and 8 rebounds, and Jamal Murray added 20 points. Murray scored 13 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter.
The Knicks shot 50.0% from the field to the Nuggets’ 41.2%. The Nuggets outscored the Knicks 33-18 off turnovers. Paul Millsap fouled out.
New York KnicksDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
95 points from the field on 81 shots: 11.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-22 | 59.1% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-9 | 55.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 10-19 | 52.6% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-26 | 46.2% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 40 | 13 | 6-11 | 0 |
| Nikola Jokić | 13 | 8 | 3-7 | +4 |
| Jamal Murray | 4 | 2 | 1-5 | +1 |
| Wilson Chandler | 3 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 6 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Plumlee | 16 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Nikola Jokić | 15 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Darrell Arthur | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 6 points on 46 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Harris | 32 | 0 | 0-3 | −6 |
| Jamal Murray | 14 | 3 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Will Barton | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 13 points on 66 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
DEN
50/50
NYK
Highest Leverage Moments
Hardaway Jr. 30' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS)
Q4 9:35
15.0%
53→68
Jack 23' Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Porzingis 2 AST)
Q4 2:40
13.6%
68→82
Ntilikina 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (McDermott 1 AST)
Q4 10:42
12.8%
60→73
McDermott 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Dotson 1 AST)
Q1 0:08
11.9%
73→85
Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot (24 PTS) (Chandler 4 AST)
Q4 4:14
11.2%
88→77
