Houston
Rockets
118
–
124
FINAL
New York
Knicks
Date
Monday, February 3, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | 27 | 30 | 16 | 29 | 118 |
| NYK | 25 | 27 | 20 | 46 | 124 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Karl-Anthony Towns
NYK
22
PTS
9
REB
2
AST
+16
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections3
Contested Shots13
Loose Balls2
Opp FG% When Defending47.8%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.34
Impact Composite63.7
Hustle: 28.5Defense: 32.7Impact: 2.5
3 deflections13 contested shots+16 plus/minusonly 24 pts allowed on 71.4 possessions
Box Score MVP
Jalen Brunson
NYK
42
PTS
6
REB
10
AST
+12
+/−
Game Performance
FG14-27 (51.9%)
3PT1-4
FT13-14
TS%63.3%
eFG%53.7%
STL2
TOV4
ORTG132
DRTG117
NET+15
42 pointsDouble-Double2 charges drawn4 loose balls recovered+12 plus/minusonly 38 pts allowed on 66.9 possessions
Box Score
| HOU | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Whitmore | 22:40 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7-14 | 50% | 2-4 | 50% | 2-3 | 67% | +9 |
| Amen Thompson | 37:00 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9-17 | 53% | 0-2 | 0% | 7-7 | 100% | -4 |
| Jalen Green | 36:12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9-22 | 41% | 1-8 | 13% | 2-2 | 100% | -22 |
| Tari Eason | 33:41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5-11 | 46% | 1-2 | 50% | 1-1 | 100% | -17 |
| Steven Adams | 26:29 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4-9 | 44% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +18 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Aaron Holiday | 16:52 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6-10 | 60% | 3-7 | 43% | 0-0 | 0% | +4 |
| Jae'Sean Tate | 21:31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4-7 | 57% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -24 |
| Dillon Brooks | 39:52 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4-12 | 33% | 1-3 | 33% | 2-2 | 100% | -13 |
| Reed Sheppard | 5:44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +19 |
| TOTAL | — | 118 | 50 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 48-104 | 46% | 8-28 | 29% | 14-15 | 93% | — |
Nate Williams —
Jabari Smith Jr. —
Jeff Green —
Jock Landale —
Fred VanVleet —
Alperen Sengun —
| NYK | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precious Achiuwa | 34:28 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-3 | 67% | 0-0 | 0% | 3-4 | 75% | +4 |
| Jalen Brunson | 36:47 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14-27 | 52% | 1-4 | 25% | 13-14 | 93% | +12 |
| Josh Hart | 40:04 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8-12 | 67% | 0-1 | 0% | 3-3 | 100% | -2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 38:29 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9-20 | 45% | 1-5 | 20% | 3-5 | 60% | +16 |
| Ariel Hukporti | 8:25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -14 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Mikal Bridges | 39:17 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9-18 | 50% | 2-7 | 29% | 2-4 | 50% | +29 |
| Landry Shamet | 5:41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -11 |
| Cameron Payne | 11:03 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 40% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Miles McBride | 25:34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-7 | 43% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| TOTAL | — | 124 | 40 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 47-93 | 51% | 6-26 | 23% | 24-30 | 80% | — |
Matt Ryan —
Jericho Sims —
Tyler Kolek —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
HOU48/104 (46%)
Paint
34/64 (53%)
Mid
6/20 (30%)
3PT
9/29 (31%)
RA 67%ATB3 41%Paint 17%Mid 44%Corner 3 0%
NYK47/93 (51%)
Paint
40/61 (66%)
Mid
8/16 (50%)
3PT
6/26 (23%)
RA 65%ATB3 22%Paint 56%Corner 3 25%Mid 33%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Josh Hart
defended Jalen Green
6.1 min • 2 pts • 100%
Best Defender
Precious Achiuwa
held Cam Whitmore
2.5 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Jalen Brunson
vs Tari Eason
2.2 min • 9 pts • 80%
| NYK Defense | Aaron Holiday | Amen Thompson | Cam Whitmore | Dillon Brooks | Jae'Sean Tate | Jalen Green | Reed Sheppard | Steven Adams | Tari Eason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | — | 1.8m 6pts 60% | — | 4.0m 9pts 57% | 3.7m 4pts 33% | — | — | 1.4m 1pts 0% | 1.6m 4pts 67% |
| Josh Hart | 1.2m 2pts 0% | — | 1.0m 2pts 100% | — | — | 6.1m 2pts 100% | — | 1.4m 2pts 25% | 2.8m 7pts 100% |
| Precious Achiuwa | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 2.5m 0pts 0% | 2.2m 2pts 100% | 1.9m 0pts 0% | 1.4m 0pts 0% | — | 1.9m 5pts 100% | 1.3m 0pts 0% |
| Jalen Brunson | 1.6m 4pts 0% | 4.1m 12pts 80% | — | 1.9m 4pts 40% | 1.0m 5pts 33% | 1.0m 4pts 67% | — | — | 2.2m 9pts 80% |
| Mikal Bridges | — | 1.5m 1pts 0% | — | 3.5m 11pts 71% | — | 2.4m 0pts 0% | — | — | 3.7m 2pts 33% |
| Miles McBride | — | 2.4m 5pts 100% | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | — |
| Ariel Hukporti | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2m 0pts 0% | — |
| Cameron Payne | — | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | 3.1m 7pts 100% | 1.7m 7pts 100% | 2.8m 2pts 50% | — | 1.8m 2pts 50% | 1.1m 2pts 100% | — | 1.7m 6pts 43% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = NYK leads, negative = HOU leads
NYK Largest Lead
6
Q4 11:50
HOU Largest Lead
12
Q2 5:39
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
HOU 8-0 run
Q1 5:49 – Q1 6:48
-2 → -7
NYK 8-0 run
Q1 7:02 – Q1 9:46
-5 → +1
NYK 9-0 run
Q1 7:02 – Q1 9:46
-5 → +2
HOU 9-0 run
Q1 10:46 – Q2 1:58
0 → -7