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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knicks | 30 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 100 |
 Nuggets | 32 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 113 |
NYKTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 38-7948.1% | 11-3135.5% | 13-1776.5% | 31 | 28 | 9 |
| DEN | 45-8453.6% | 6-2030.0% | 17-2085.0% | 42 | 31 | 9 |
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.
Denver Nuggets113| 39 | 30 | 12-23 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 0 | +30 | +11.3 | |||||||
| 37 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +24 | −3.4 | |||||||
| 37 | 31 | 13-16 | 3-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +25 | +9.4 | |||||
| 35 | 10 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +22 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 23 | 9-20 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | +9 | −0.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −1.5 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.4 | |||||
| 13 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −3.0 | |||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −4.5 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −1.0 | |||
| Team | 113 | 45-8453.6% | 6-2030.0% | 42 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 17-2085.0% | 9 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 13 points on 4 for 11 shooting
Did not play: Hunter Tyson, Braxton Key, Jalen Pickett and Julian Strawther (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks100| 44 | 11 | 4-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −11 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 36 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −11.2 | ||||||
| 34 | 26 | 11-23 | 2-7 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | +4.7 | ||||
| 31 | 11 | 4-11 | 3-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | +0.2 | ||||||
| 26 | 20, Career high (his best before, 19) | 8-10 | 0-0 | 4-5 | −15 | +6.6 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 9 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.9 | |||||
| 21 | 18 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 5-7 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +2.3 | ||||||
| 14 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −5.1 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −0.1 | |||
| Team | 100 | 38-7948.1% | 11-3135.5% | 31 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 13-1776.5% | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 30 points on 10 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Shake Milton, DaQuan Jeffries and Mamadi Diakite (coach’s decision).
Nuggets113Knicks100ClickTap 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.
Nikola Jokić had 30 points (22 in the paint), 14 rebounds and 11 assists, his 127th career triple-double, and the defending champion Denver Nuggets beat the New York Knicks 113-100.
The Nuggets took control with a 26-13 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 14.
The Knicks got within 90-88 on Alec Burks’ driving layup with 8:19 to play, but Michael Porter Jr. answered with a 20-foot jumper, and the Knicks got no closer.
Porter had 31 points and 8 rebounds on 13 for 16 shooting, and Jamal Murray added 23 points (12 in the paint). The Nuggets had 2 30-point scorers. Aaron Gordon assisted on 6 of Porter’s 13 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Knicks, Jalen Brunson had 26 points and 9 assists, and Isaiah Hartenstein added a career-high 20 points and 8 rebounds on 8 for 10 shooting.
The Knicks got 4 offensive rebounds, about 7 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Nuggets outscored the Knicks 66-46 in the paint. The Nuggets’ starters outscored the Knicks 74-50 in 26 minutes together. Hartenstein fouled out.
Denver NuggetsNew York KnicksPS, 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).
96 points from the field on 82 shots: 4.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 25-35 | 71.4% | 66% |
| In the paint | 8-18 | 44.4% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-11 | 54.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 4-14 | 28.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donte DiVincenzo | 38 | 18 | 8-8 | +7 |
| Miles McBride | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Alec Burks | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jalen Brunson | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 4 | 2-4 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 36 | 16 | 7-10 | +2 |
| Precious Achiuwa | 19 | 4 | 2-7 | −4 |
| Josh Hart | 6 | 6 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Donte DiVincenzo | 4 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 8 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 29 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles McBride | 40 | 10 | 5-12 | −4 |
| Jalen Brunson | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Josh Hart | 3 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 3 | 3 | 1-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 6 | 2-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NYK
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Highest Leverage Moments
Achiuwa 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (McBride 2 AST)
Q3 2:00
13.3%
91→77
Burks 24' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Brunson 9 AST)
Q4 6:09
13.3%
91→77
McBride 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Bogdanovic 2 AST)
Q4 9:54
11.0%
82→71
Bogdanovic 29' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (McBride 3 AST)
Q4 8:50
11.0%
82→71
Jokic 6' Driving Hook Shot (25 PTS) (Caldwell-Pope 3 AST)
Q4 7:23
11.0%
71→82
