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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rockets | 31 | 32 | 28 | 32 | 123 |
 Knicks | 36 | 37 | 28 | 24 | 125 |
HOUTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 39-9441.5% | 20-5635.7% | 25-2792.6% | 34 | 25 | 12 |
| NYK | 47-9748.5% | 12-3040.0% | 19-3063.3% | 65 | 26 | 17 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
New York Knicks125| 30 | 27, Ties his career high | 10-18 | 3-8 | 4-7 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +4.8 | ||||||
| 30 | 16 | 5-14 | 0-1 | 6-8 | 0 | −9 | +2.2 | |||||||
| 30 | 11 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.1 | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | −4 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 11 | 5-10 | 1-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.5 | |||||
| 24 | 12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +4.7 | ||||
| 19 | 15 | 5-8 | 5-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +7.3 | |||||
| 18 | 15 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 0 | 1-2 | +11 | +3.9 | |||||||
| 17 | 6 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −3.6 | ||||||
| Team | 125 | 47-9748.5% | 12-3040.0% | 65 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 19-3063.3% | 20 | 6 | 7 | |||
Bench 59 points on 23 for 43 shooting
Did not play: Damyean Dotson and Allonzo Trier (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets123| 39 | 35 | 8-22 | 3-13 | 16-16 | 0 | +9 | +8.2 | |||||||
| 37 | 24 | 9-19 | 1-3 | 5-7 | 0 | −9 | −3.8 | |||||||
| 34 | 20 | 7-14 | 6-11 | 0 | 0-0 | +8 | +7.9 | |||||||
| 34 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −7.2 | |||||||
| 30 | 20 | 7-15 | 4-11 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | +3.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 11 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.0 | ||||
| 17 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +2.6 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −8 | +0.4 | |||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.9 | ||||
| Team | 123 | 39-9441.5% | 20-5635.7% | 34 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 25-2792.6% | 8 | 11 | 5 | |||
Bench 24 points on 8 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Tyson Chandler, DeMarre Carroll, Bruno Caboclo and Thabo Sefolosha (coach’s decision).
Knicks125Rockets123ClickTap 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.
RJ Barrett scored 27 points (14 in the first quarter), and the New York Knicks held off the Houston Rockets 125-123.
The Knicks took control with a 33-14 run bridging the first and second quarters and led by as many as 21. The Knicks led 62-41 with 5:26 left in the second quarter, and the Rockets got within 124-123 with 5.5 seconds left.
Barrett’s driving layup with 7.6 seconds left made it 124-121. The Rockets had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Russell Westbrook missed a 17-foot pull-up jumper at the buzzer that would have tied it.
Wayne Ellington scored 15 points (all 15 on 5 3-pointers) on 5 for 8 shooting off the bench. The Knicks had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Rockets, James Harden had 35 points, 8 assists and 4 steals, making all 16 of his free throws, and Westbrook added 24 points and 9 rebounds. Robert Covington had 20 points and 13 rebounds. Danuel House Jr. scored 20 points. The Rockets had 4 20-point scorers.
The Rockets made 20 3-pointers, 6 of them by Covington and 4 by House. They gave up 20 offensive rebounds, about 9 more than usual for the shots the Knicks missed. The Knicks outscored the Rockets 59-24 off the bench. The Rockets were outscored 18-6 in 4 minutes with Green, Westbrook, Gordon, Rivers and McLemore on the floor together.
New York KnicksHouston RocketsPS, 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).
106 points from the field on 97 shots: 3.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 22-36 | 61.1% | 64% |
| In the paint | 10-20 | 50.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 3-11 | 27.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-3 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-27 | 40.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Westbrook | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 13 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Eric Gordon | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| James Harden | 8 | 3 | 1-5 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 14 | 6-9 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 23 | 11 | 4-8 | +4 |
| P.J. Tucker | 20 | 4 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Russell Westbrook | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Robert Covington | 5 | 1 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Covington | 9 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Jeff Green | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| James Harden | 6 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Russell Westbrook | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-6 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 39 possessions. He usually scores about 9 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
HOU
50/50
NYK
Highest Leverage Moments
Barrett 1' Driving Layup (27 PTS)
Q4 0:08
24.9%
71→96
Westbrook 1' Driving Layup (22 PTS)
Q4 1:02
22.4%
85→62
Harden 28' 3PT Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Westbrook 3 AST)
Q4 4:01
18.2%
86→68
Westbrook 1' Driving Dunk (20 PTS)
Q4 1:27
15.8%
89→73
Covington 28' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Green 2 AST)
Q4 10:08
14.3%
73→59
