New York Knicks vs Houston Rockets 122-97 — May 2, 2021 Box Score & Stats | stat.space

New York

Knicks

122

–

FINAL

Houston

Rockets

Date

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
NYK	30	19	34	29	122
HOU	22	13	27	26	97

Game MVPs

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

Key Contributor

Obi Toppin

NYK

PTS

REB

AST

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections1

Contested Shots4

Opp FG% When Defending0.0%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.04

Impact Composite102.7

Hustle: 8.0Defense: 92.3Impact: 2.4

held opponents to 0.0% FGonly 1 pts allowed on 23.6 possessions

Box Score MVP

Julius Randle

NYK

PTS

REB

AST

+17

+/−

Game Performance

FG13-22 (59.1%)

3PT4-9

FT1-1

TS%69.1%

eFG%68.2%

STL1

TOV3

ORTG133

DRTG102

NET+31

31 points59.1% FG4-9 from 3+17 plus/minusonly 23 pts allowed on 40.8 possessions

Box Score

NYK	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
RJ Barrett	40:00	21	7	0	5	2	0	3	3	7-15	47%	3-7	43%	4-5	80%	+31
Taj Gibson	31:51	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	3-4	75%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+36
Derrick Rose	31:01	24	6	1	4	1	0	1	0	8-11	73%	4-5	80%	4-4	100%	+35
Julius Randle	30:19	31	7	0	6	1	0	3	3	13-22	59%	4-9	44%	1-1	100%	+17
Reggie Bullock Jr.	26:16	11	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	4-7	57%	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	+17
BENCH
Immanuel Quickley	22:32	13	2	1	4	1	0	1	0	5-9	56%	3-5	60%	0-0	0%	+15
Obi Toppin	16:36	5	3	0	1	1	1	2	2	1-4	25%	0-1	0%	3-4	75%	+9
Elfrid Payton	13:41	7	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	3-6	50%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	-2
Nerlens Noel	11:20	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-3
Kevin Knox II	4:49	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0-3	0%	0-1	0%	2-2	100%	-8
Norvel Pelle	4:49	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-8
Frank Ntilikina	3:18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-8
Jared Harper	2:23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-5
Theo Pinson	1:05	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-1
TOTAL	—	122	38	6	22	10	1	13	21	45-86	52%	18-35	51%	14-16	88%	—

HOU	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Kevin Porter Jr.	36:35	14	6	2	6	1	0	4	0	6-13	46%	0-4	0%	2-6	33%	-27
Kelly Olynyk	35:57	17	10	1	7	3	1	3	2	5-10	50%	1-4	25%	6-7	86%	-5
Christian Wood	35:14	19	8	3	3	0	1	2	3	6-14	43%	0-5	0%	7-11	64%	-24
KJ Martin	31:44	13	6	3	0	0	1	1	4	5-9	56%	1-2	50%	2-2	100%	-27
Jae'Sean Tate	29:30	8	7	2	1	0	0	4	3	3-11	27%	0-3	0%	2-4	50%	-22
BENCH
Avery Bradley	20:29	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3-5	60%	1-2	50%	0-0	0%	-9
DaQuan Jeffries	19:23	9	4	2	0	1	1	0	5	3-6	50%	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	-10
Armoni Brooks	17:45	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1-7	14%	1-7	14%	0-0	0%	+1
Anthony Lamb	13:23	7	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	2-4	50%	1-2	50%	2-2	100%	-2
TOTAL	—	97	47	14	19	6	5	17	18	34-79	43%	8-35	23%	21-32	66%	—

D.J. Wilson —

D.J. Augustin —

Danuel House Jr. —

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

NYK45/86 (52%)

Paint

25/43 (58%)

Mid

11/22 (50%)

3PT

18/35 (51%)

RA 56%ATB3 44%Paint 63%Corner 3 67%Mid 14%

HOU34/79 (43%)

Paint

26/42 (62%)

Mid

1/4 (25%)

3PT

8/35 (23%)

RA 69%ATB3 24%Corner 3 20%Paint 14%Mid 0%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Christian Wood

defended Taj Gibson

7.2 min • 7 pts • 40%

Best Defender

Kevin Porter Jr.

held Derrick Rose

4.2 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Christian Wood

vs Nerlens Noel

3.3 min • 6 pts • 67%

HOU Defense	Derrick Rose	Elfrid Payton	Immanuel Quickley	Jared Harper	Julius Randle	Kevin Knox II	Nerlens Noel	Norvel Pelle	Obi Toppin	Reggie Bullock Jr.	RJ Barrett	Taj Gibson
Christian Wood	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.3m 6pts 67%	—	—	—	1.3m 3pts 33%	7.2m 7pts 40%
Kelly Olynyk	—	—	—	—	5.5m 7pts 50%	—	—	1.2m 0pts 0%	1.2m 2pts 0%	—	1.2m 0pts 0%	1.9m 7pts 100%
Kevin Porter Jr.	4.2m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.3m 7pts 75%	1.2m 6pts 75%	—
KJ Martin	—	—	1.4m 2pts 100%	—	2.7m 3pts 100%	—	—	—	3.0m 2pts 33%	—	3.1m 2pts 100%	—
Jae'Sean Tate	2.4m 2pts 25%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.4m 2pts 0%	—
Avery Bradley	—	3.1m 2pts 100%	1.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5m 0pts 0%	—	—
DaQuan Jeffries	1.6m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	1.3m 0pts 0%	—
Anthony Lamb	1.0m 3pts 50%	—	1.8m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Armoni Brooks	—	—	2.1m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	2.8m 6pts 50%	1.6m 2pts 33%	2.3m 3pts 50%	0.8m 5pts 50%	3.2m 2pts 25%	—	0.8m 4pts 100%	0.4m 2pts 0%	2.0m 8pts 60%	—	1.9m 5pts 67%	3.1m 7pts 23%

Game Flow

Win Probability

HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data

NYK

50/50

HOU

Highest Leverage Moments

SUB out: C. Wood

Q1 5:12

13.6%

34→47

SUB out: K. Porter Jr.

Q2 12:00

13.6%

47→34

J. Randle 3PT (10 PTS) (R. Bullock 1 AST)

Q1 4:39

9.5%

47→37

J. Randle 3PT step back (23 PTS)

Q3 4:19

8.7%

20→11

E. Payton 3PT (3 PTS) (J. Randle 2 AST)

Q1 5:25

8.0%

54→46

New York Knicks 122 @ Houston Rockets 97 — May 2, 2021 Box Score