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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knicks | 45 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 132 |
 Spurs | 36 | 27 | 30 | 41 | 134 |
NYKTeam statsSAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 46-9647.9% | 22-5242.3% | 18-2090.0% | 40 | 32 | 10 |
| SAS | 44-8949.4% | 14-3836.8% | 32-4080.0% | 48 | 25 | 11 |
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San Antonio Spurs134| 38 | 26 | 11-21 | 1-8 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +6.1 | |||||
| 36 | 36, Career high (his best before, 30) | 11-17 | 11-17, Career high (his best before, 6) | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +24 | +12.8 | |||||
| 27 | 5 | 1-9 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10.5 | |||||
| 26 | 7 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −3.2 | ||||||
| 24 | 31 | 10-12 | 2-2 | 9-10 | 0 | +17 | +13.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 19 | 5-12 | 0-2 | 0 | 9-9 | 0 | −10 | +2.9 | ||||||
| 24 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −14 | +4.9 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −17 | −6.6 | ||||||
| 11 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.8 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −3.8 | ||
| Team | 134 | 44-8949.4% | 14-3836.8% | 48 | 25 | 11 | 17 | 32-4080.0% | 11 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 29 points on 9 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Bismack Biyombo, Jordan McLaughlin, Lindy Waters III and Jeremy Sochan (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks132| 36 | 29 | 10-24 | 5-12 | 4-5 | 0 | −1 | +7.3 | |||||||
| 35 | 13 | 5-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | −16 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 34 | 9 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 3-4 | 0 | −25 | −6.7 | |||||||
| 33 | 20 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0 | −15 | +1.8 | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +1.2 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 21 | 7-12 | 4-9 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +6.4 | |||
| 24 | 20 | 8-17 | 4-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.3 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | +0.8 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +13 | +3.2 | ||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −1.3 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +0.6 | |||||
| Team | 132 | 46-9647.9% | 22-5242.3% | 40 | 32 | 10 | 30 | 18-2090.0% | 10 | 7 | 2 | |||
Bench 55 points on 21 for 38 shooting
Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet and Trey Jemison III (coach’s decision).
Spurs134Knicks132ClickTap 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.
Victor Wembanyama had 31 points (9 during an 11-0 run across the second and third quarters) and 13 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs rallied from 19 points down in the second quarter to beat the New York Knicks 134-132.
The Spurs trailed 71-52 with 3:51 left in the second quarter and 73-63 at halftime. They outscored the Knicks 82-61 the rest of the way.
Luke Kornet’s putback with 49.2 seconds left made it 126-123, and Keldon Johnson’s 2 free throws with 13.4 seconds left put it away at 132-126.
During clutch time, the Spurs outscored the Knicks 21-15. De'Aaron Fox (Clutch Player of the Year, 2022-23) scored 6 of the Spurs’ 21 on 2 for 4 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Fox had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Julian Champagnie’s 3-pointer that tied the game at 116, and the Spurs scored 5 points off them.
Champagnie scored a career-high 36 points with 11 3-pointers, and Fox added 26 points, 7 assists and 3 steals. Fox scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter. The Spurs had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Knicks, Jalen Brunson had 29 points (15 on 5 3-pointers) and 8 assists, and Miles McBride added 21 points off the bench. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 points. Jordan Clarkson scored 20 points off the bench. The Knicks had 4 20-point scorers.
The Knicks made 22 3-pointers, 5 of them by Brunson and 4 by McBride. They got 10 offensive rebounds, about 4 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Spurs 55-29 off the bench. The Knicks were outscored 34-22 in 9 minutes with Towns, Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson and McBride on the floor together. Clarkson and Towns fouled out.
San Antonio SpursNew York KnicksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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. The Spurs’ chance bottomed out at 11% (4th quarter, 7:52 left).
102 points from the field on 89 shots: 2.7 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-30 | 66.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 5-15 | 33.3% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 5-6 | 83.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 12-31 | 38.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Brunson | 28 | 9 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Mikal Bridges | 9 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 9 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Miles McBride | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 18 | 5-8 | +15 |
The tracking credits him with 36 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OG Anunoby | 24 | 4 | 2-3 | −5 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +1 |
| Mikal Bridges | 5 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Ariel Hukporti | 4 | 6 | 1-1 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 10 | 3-3 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 30 points on 53 possessions. He usually scores about 20 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikal Bridges | 30 | 13 | 6-8 | +3 |
| Miles McBride | 11 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| OG Anunoby | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Jalen Brunson | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 7 | 2-8 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 25 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.
Score margin over time — positive = SAS leads, negative = NYK leads
SAS Largest Lead
6
Q4 0:13
NYK Largest Lead
19
Q2 3:51
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
SAS 11-0 run
Q1 7:45 – Q1 5:33
-6 → +5
NYK 11-0 run
Q1 5:21 – Q1 4:11
+5 → -6
NYK 8-0 run
Q1 1:12 – Q1 0:32
-4 → -12
NYK 14-0 run
Q2 6:36 – Q2 3:51
-5 → -19
