NYK 95 @ CLE 86 — Dec 29, 2020 — stat.space

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New York

Knicks

–

FINAL

Cleveland

Cavaliers

Date

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
NYK	22	24	18	22	95
CLE	12	31	18	19	86

Game MVPs

Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet

Key Contributor

Elfrid Payton

NYK

PTS

REB

AST

+11

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections1

Contested Shots8

Loose Balls3

Opp FG% When Defending50.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.27

Impact Composite53.7

Hustle: 18.5Defense: 33.4Impact: 1.9

8 contested shots3 loose balls recovered+11 plus/minusonly 12 pts allowed on 45.2 possessions

Box Score MVP

Julius Randle

NYK

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Game Performance

FG9-16 (56.3%)

3PT4-4

FT6-10

TS%68.6%

eFG%68.8%

STL1

TOV9

ORTG93

DRTG89

NET+4

Triple-Double56.3% FG4-4 from 310 contested shotsonly 18 pts allowed on 67.4 possessions

Box Score

NYK	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Nerlens Noel	16:26	4	7	3	0	2	3	3	1	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	2-2	100%	+1
Reggie Bullock Jr.	40:59	17	7	1	0	1	1	3	3	6-13	46%	5-9	56%	0-0	0%	+4
Kevin Knox II	16:21	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2-3	67%	2-2	100%	0-0	0%	+14
RJ Barrett	38:47	12	7	1	2	2	0	2	2	4-15	27%	0-3	0%	4-4	100%	+1
Frank Ntilikina	16:12	5	3	1	3	2	0	1	2	2-5	40%	1-3	33%	0-1	0%	+3
BENCH
Elfrid Payton	35:34	14	8	3	7	0	0	5	2	6-15	40%	2-4	50%	0-2	0%	+11
Julius Randle	44:08	28	12	1	11	1	0	9	4	9-16	56%	4-4	100%	6-10	60%	+3
Mitchell Robinson	31:34	9	10	4	0	1	2	1	4	4-9	44%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	+8
TOTAL	—	95	55	14	23	9	6	25	21	34-79	43%	14-25	56%	13-21	62%	—

Ignas Brazdeikis —

Alec Burks —

Jared Harper —

Theo Pinson —

CLE	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Dante Exum	16:13	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0-5	0%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	-5
Cedi Osman	28:52	6	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	2-12	17%	0-5	0%	2-2	100%	-14
Darius Garland	37:02	17	5	1	6	2	0	1	4	6-18	33%	3-8	38%	2-2	100%	-5
Damyean Dotson	22:27	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2-5	40%	1-4	25%	0-0	0%	0
Andre Drummond	33:28	18	17	5	2	3	6	4	5	7-13	54%	0-1	0%	4-10	40%	-5
BENCH
Larry Nance Jr.	42:34	9	6	1	3	4	2	1	2	4-11	36%	1-6	17%	0-0	0%	+1
Dean Wade	2:32	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-5
JaVale McGee	16:17	11	9	5	0	1	1	2	1	5-7	71%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	-5
Collin Sexton	40:35	20	2	1	4	1	0	2	2	6-17	35%	1-4	25%	7-8	88%	-7
TOTAL	—	86	43	14	22	13	10	13	17	32-88	36%	7-32	22%	15-22	68%	—

Marques Bolden —

Lamar Stevens —

Thon Maker —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

NYK34/79 (43%)

Paint

15/43 (35%)

Mid

7/16 (44%)

3PT

14/25 (56%)

RA 39%Paint 14%ATB3 54%Corner 3 58%Mid 71%

CLE32/88 (36%)

Paint

23/46 (50%)

Mid

6/15 (40%)

3PT

7/32 (22%)

RA 51%ATB3 21%Paint 35%Corner 3 23%Mid 25%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Larry Nance Jr.

defended Julius Randle

10.0 min • 2 pts • 20%

Best Defender

Cedi Osman

held RJ Barrett

5.2 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Collin Sexton

vs RJ Barrett

2.0 min • 5 pts • 100%

CLE Defense	Elfrid Payton	Frank Ntilikina	Julius Randle	Kevin Knox II	Mitchell Robinson	Nerlens Noel	Reggie Bullock Jr.	RJ Barrett
Larry Nance Jr.	—	—	10.0m 2pts 20%	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	1.1m 0pts 0%	1.6m 7pts 75%
Collin Sexton	2.2m 2pts 0%	2.0m 3pts 100%	1.0m 4pts 50%	—	—	—	6.5m 4pts 29%	2.0m 5pts 100%
Andre Drummond	—	—	1.4m 0pts 0%	—	7.8m 9pts 100%	2.1m 4pts 40%	—	—
Darius Garland	8.6m 10pts 33%	2.4m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cedi Osman	—	—	—	1.8m 0pts 0%	—	—	2.9m 2pts 25%	5.2m 0pts 0%
Damyean Dotson	—	—	—	2.1m 0pts 0%	—	—	2.6m 5pts 50%	1.9m 0pts 0%
JaVale McGee	—	—	—	—	2.8m 5pts 67%	2.8m 4pts 67%	—	—
Dante Exum	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	2.9m 0pts 0%
Other	2.7m 4pts 67%	1.6m 2pts 100%	—	1.4m 3pts 0%	1.8m 2pts 25%	1.4m 4pts 25%	1.4m 6pts 60%	2.0m 5pts 67%

Game Flow

Score margin over time — positive = CLE leads, negative = NYK leads

CLE Largest Lead

Q1 0:18

NYK Largest Lead

Q2 0:46

Key Scoring Runs (8+)

CLE 8-0 run

Q2 9:25 – Q2 9:25

-3 → -1

NYK 8-0 run

Q1 9:16 – Q1 9:16

-10 → -10

CLE 8-0 run

Q3 5:24 – Q3 5:24

-2 → -2