NYK 97 @ DEN 113 — May 5, 2021 — stat.space

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New York

Knicks

–

113

FINAL

Denver

Nuggets

Date

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Arena

Attendance

N/A

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
NYK	3	28	26	22	97
DEN	13	27	25	22	113

Game MVPs

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

Key Contributor

Austin Rivers

DEN

PTS

REB

AST

+13

+/−

Key Contributions

Deflections2

Contested Shots1

Opp FG% When Defending45.5%

Pts Allowed / Poss0.32

Impact Composite43.7

Hustle: 5.5Defense: 35.8Impact: 2.5

6-9 from 33 steals+13 plus/minusonly 16 pts allowed on 50.1 possessions

Box Score MVP

Nikola Jokić

DEN

PTS

REB

AST

+15

+/−

Game Performance

FG10-16 (62.5%)

3PT0-2

FT12-15

TS%70.8%

eFG%62.5%

STL2

BLK2

TOV4

ORTG103

DRTG80

NET+23

32 pointsDouble-Double62.5% FG7 contested shots+15 plus/minusonly 21 pts allowed on 47.5 possessions

Box Score

NYK	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Immanuel Quickley	24:25	18	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	4-8	50%	3-5	60%	7-9	78%	-7
Obi Toppin	16:40	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	2-6	33%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	-3
RJ Barrett	27:58	14	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	4-13	31%	4-8	50%	2-2	100%	-5
Taj Gibson	11:29	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	5	1-3	33%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	-10
Reggie Bullock Jr.	24:01	14	2	0	2	1	0	1	2	4-9	44%	3-7	43%	3-3	100%	-14
BENCH
Alec Burks	15:32	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0-7	0%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	-20
Jared Harper	2:23	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	+4
Kevin Knox II	4:40	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	50%	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	+11
Nerlens Noel	29:40	5	5	1	0	2	6	2	4	2-3	67%	0-0	0%	1-2	50%	-13
Frank Ntilikina	4:40	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0%	0-1	0%	0-2	0%	+11
Elfrid Payton	16:32	6	6	0	2	1	0	4	1	3-7	43%	0-0	0%	0-1	0%	-17
Norvel Pelle	4:30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	100%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+9
Theo Pinson	1:04	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	0-0	0%	+5
Derrick Rose	26:48	14	2	0	3	0	0	2	2	6-10	60%	2-3	67%	0-0	0%	-10
Julius Randle	29:38	14	8	1	5	0	1	5	3	5-15	33%	0-5	0%	4-6	67%	-21
TOTAL	—	97	42	6	18	6	10	15	24	33-86	38%	13-35	37%	18-27	67%	—

DEN	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FG%	3PT	3P%	FT	FT%	+/-
Markus Howard	4:02	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0-2	0%	0-1	0%	1-2	50%	-8
Facundo Campazzo	32:32	16	9	2	4	5	2	1	1	5-12	42%	2-7	29%	4-4	100%	+14
Austin Rivers	28:24	25	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	7-13	54%	6-9	67%	5-6	83%	+13
JaVale McGee	17:48	5	9	3	1	0	2	1	6	1-4	25%	0-1	0%	3-4	75%	+6
Vlatko Čančar	4:40	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	33%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-11
BENCH
Aaron Gordon	22:07	0	5	2	1	0	0	2	1	0-6	0%	0-2	0%	0-0	0%	+8
Michael Porter Jr.	25:26	17	6	0	3	0	0	1	3	7-12	58%	3-6	50%	0-0	0%	+24
Paul Millsap	24:17	6	6	3	2	1	0	0	2	3-13	23%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	+17
JaMychal Green	20:07	2	5	2	3	0	1	2	2	1-7	14%	0-3	0%	0-0	0%	+5
Nikola Jokić	29:08	32	12	3	6	2	2	4	3	10-16	63%	0-2	0%	12-15	80%	+15
Bol Bol	4:40	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0%	0-1	0%	0-0	0%	-11
Shaquille Harrison	26:49	7	5	0	0	2	0	0	3	2-7	29%	1-3	33%	2-2	100%	+8
TOTAL	—	113	63	17	23	13	7	13	24	37-97	38%	12-39	31%	27-33	82%	—

Shot Chart & Zone Quality

Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average

Team

View

Player

NYK33/86 (38%)

Paint

19/34 (56%)

Mid

4/23 (17%)

3PT

13/35 (37%)

ATB3 33%Paint 33%RA 58%Mid 13%Corner 3 60%

DEN37/97 (38%)

Paint

23/47 (49%)

Mid

3/14 (21%)

3PT

12/39 (31%)

ATB3 32%Paint 38%RA 50%Corner 3 25%Mid 33%

Made

Missed

Hot (+5% vs avg)

Cold (-5% vs avg)

Matchup Breakdown

Matchup Matrix

Defense:

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Primary Matchup

Paul Millsap

defended Julius Randle

7.2 min • 2 pts • 13%

Best Defender

Aaron Gordon

held RJ Barrett

4.5 min • 0 pts • 0%

Got Cooked

Nikola Jokić

vs Taj Gibson

3.1 min • 11 pts • 60%

DEN Defense	Alec Burks	Derrick Rose	Elfrid Payton	Frank Ntilikina	Immanuel Quickley	Jared Harper	Julius Randle	Nerlens Noel	Norvel Pelle	Obi Toppin	Reggie Bullock Jr.	RJ Barrett	Taj Gibson
Austin Rivers	1.0m 0pts 0%	3.0m 5pts 50%	—	—	3.2m 11pts 67%	—	—	—	—	—	1.7m 0pts 0%	1.7m 0pts 0%	—
Nikola Jokić	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.7m 10pts 63%	—	—	—	—	3.1m 11pts 60%
Facundo Campazzo	—	4.2m 5pts 67%	2.4m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.8m 3pts 50%	—
Shaquille Harrison	1.2m 0pts 0%	1.8m 2pts 50%	—	—	4.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Paul Millsap	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.2m 2pts 13%	—	—	—	—	—	—
Michael Porter Jr.	1.4m 3pts 100%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.6m 4pts 50%	—	—
Aaron Gordon	—	—	2.3m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.5m 0pts 0%	—
JaVale McGee	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8m 2pts 50%	1.7m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	1.0m 2pts 0%
JaMychal Green	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1m 0pts 0%	—	—	4.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	—
Markus Howard	—	—	—	—	—	1.0m 0pts 0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other	2.7m 6pts 50%	2.0m 3pts 100%	2.1m 9pts 50%	2.6m 2pts 33%	3.1m 2pts 0%	0.2m 2pts 100%	3.6m 5pts 25%	2.8m 7pts 38%	—	3.3m 4pts 33%	2.4m 2pts 33%	3.5m 11pts 67%	—

Game Flow

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

DEN Largest Lead

Q4 6:12

NYK Largest Lead

Q1 0:00

Key Scoring Runs (8+)

DEN 8-0 run

Q1 5:36 – Q1 7:07

+10 → +17

DEN 9-0 run

Q1 5:36 – Q1 7:48

+10 → +18

DEN 11-0 run

Q1 5:36 – Q1 8:28

+10 → +20

DEN 15-0 run

Q2 7:22 – Q2 7:22

+25 → +25