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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pacers | 24 | 21 | 19 | 34 | 98 |
 Knicks | 25 | 36 | 34 | 28 | 123 |
INDTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 41-8349.4% | 3-3010.0% | 13-2065.0% | 33 | 28 | 15 |
| NYK | 44-8452.4% | 12-2744.4% | 23-2979.3% | 43 | 19 | 11 |
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New York Knicks123| 37 | 20 | 8-15 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0 | +35 | +1.0 | |||||||
| 34 | 14 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +18 | −4.4 | ||||||
| 33 | 21 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0 | +13 | +4.0 | |||||||
| 32 | 21 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 9-10 | +17 | +8.6 | ||||||
| 30 | 26 | 10-19 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +36 | +5.8 | ||||||
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| 22 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +3 | −2.3 | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.9 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −2.3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.3 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.2 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.5 | |
| Team | 123 | 44-8452.4% | 12-2744.4% | 43 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 23-2979.3% | 11 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 21 points on 7 for 15 shooting
Indiana Pacers98| 26 | 0 | 0-8 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −23 | −10.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 13 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 3-5 | 0 | −23 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 23 | 12 | 5-11 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −23 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −4.9 | |||||
| 18 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −5.7 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 20 | 8-13 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +2.7 | ||||||
| 20 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +1.9 | ||||
| 20 | 12 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | +5 | +5.1 | ||||||
| 16 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.7 | ||||
| 15 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | −5 | +2.1 | |||||||
| 12 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −4.6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | −0.4 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.7 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +3 | +2.4 | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.5 | ||||
| Team | 98 | 41-8349.4% | 3-3010.0% | 33 | 28 | 15 | 24 | 13-2065.0% | 9 | 8 | 6 | |||
Bench 67 points on 28 for 47 shooting
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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.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 15 rebounds, and the New York Knicks routed the Indiana Pacers 123-98 in their home opener at Madison Square Garden.
The Knicks led by as many as 33, pulling away with a 25-8 run bridging the second and third quarters.
Jalen Brunson scored 26 points. Mikal Bridges added 21 points (13 in the third quarter) on 8 for 12 shooting, and Josh Hart had 20 points (12 in the paint) and 10 rebounds. The Knicks had 4 20-point scorers.
For the Pacers, Bennedict Mathurin scored 20 points on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench, and Tyrese Haliburton went 0 for 7 from 3.
The Knicks shot 52.4% from the field and 44.4% from 3 to the Pacers’ 49.4% and 10.0%. The Pacers outscored the Knicks 67-21 off the bench. The Knicks outscored the Pacers 21-8 in 6 minutes with Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Hart and Brunson on the floor together. Ben Sheppard fouled out.
New York KnicksIndiana PacersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
100 points from the field on 84 shots: 6.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-32 | 56.3% | 66% |
| In the paint | 9-17 | 52.9% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-8 | 62.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-21 | 47.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Nembhard | 17 | 4 | 2-4 | −3 |
| Aaron Nesmith | 16 | 2 | 1-3 | −5 |
| T.J. McConnell | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Bennedict Mathurin | 4 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 14 | 5-9 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Turner | 29 | 11 | 4-7 | +1 |
| Isaiah Jackson | 9 | 2 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Enrique Freeman | 5 | 1 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Pascal Siakam | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 1-1 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennedict Mathurin | 15 | 5 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Jarace Walker | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Andrew Nembhard | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Tyrese Haliburton | 7 | 4 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 10 | 4-6 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
Q1 7:01
9.5%
49→58
Hart 27' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Brunson 3 AST)
Q2 4:47
9.5%
68→77
Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (McConnell 2 AST)
Q2 10:30
9.3%
62→53
McBride 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Bridges 3 AST)
Q2 10:12
9.3%
53→62
Mathurin 25' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Toppin 1 AST)
Q2 9:48
9.3%
62→53
