New York
Knicks
132
–
134
FINAL
San Antonio
Spurs
Date
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 45 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 132 |
| SAS | 36 | 27 | 30 | 41 | 134 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Julian Champagnie
SAS
36
PTS
6
REB
0
AST
+24
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections4
Contested Shots7
Loose Balls1
Opp FG% When Defending57.1%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.23
Impact Composite58.6
Hustle: 20.0Defense: 34.9Impact: 3.8
36 points64.7% FG11-17 from 34 deflections7 contested shots+24 plus/minusonly 12 pts allowed on 52.5 possessions
Box Score MVP
Victor Wembanyama
SAS
31
PTS
13
REB
1
AST
+17
+/−
Game Performance
FG10-12 (83.3%)
3PT2-2
FT9-10
TS%94.5%
eFG%91.7%
BLK1
TOV3
ORTG139
DRTG106
NET+33
31 pointsDouble-Double83.3% FG4 deflections6 contested shots+17 plus/minusonly 16 pts allowed on 37.9 possessions
Box Score
| NYK | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 33:28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5-10 | 50% | 2-5 | 40% | 8-8 | 100% | -15 |
| Jalen Brunson | 35:39 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10-24 | 42% | 5-12 | 42% | 4-5 | 80% | -1 |
| Mikal Bridges | 34:36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-9 | 56% | 3-7 | 43% | 0-0 | 0% | -16 |
| OG Anunoby | 34:08 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3-10 | 30% | 0-5 | 0% | 3-4 | 75% | -25 |
| Mohamed Diawara | 5:45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-5 | 40% | 2-5 | 40% | 0-0 | 0% | +2 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Miles McBride | 25:52 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-12 | 58% | 4-9 | 44% | 3-3 | 100% | -1 |
| Tyler Kolek | 15:07 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-3 | 33% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | +14 |
| Ariel Hukporti | 13:41 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3-4 | 75% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +13 |
| Kevin McCullar Jr. | 8:21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 100% | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | -1 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | 9:05 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-1 | 100% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +15 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 24:17 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8-17 | 47% | 4-6 | 67% | 0-0 | 0% | +5 |
| TOTAL | — | 132 | 40 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 30 | 46-96 | 48% | 22-52 | 42% | 18-20 | 90% | — |
Pacôme Dadiet —
Trey Jemison III —
| SAS | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Aaron Fox | 37:41 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11-21 | 52% | 1-8 | 13% | 3-4 | 75% | +7 |
| Victor Wembanyama | 23:43 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10-12 | 83% | 2-2 | 100% | 9-10 | 90% | +17 |
| Julian Champagnie | 36:10 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11-17 | 65% | 11-17 | 65% | 3-3 | 100% | +24 |
| Stephon Castle | 26:46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1-9 | 11% | 0-3 | 0% | 3-6 | 50% | 0 |
| Harrison Barnes | 25:45 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-6 | 33% | 0-1 | 0% | 3-4 | 75% | +16 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Kelly Olynyk | 10:54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 1-2 | 50% | +6 |
| Luke Kornet | 24:09 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 75% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-2 | 50% | -14 |
| Carter Bryant | 7:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -19 |
| Dylan Harper | 16:20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-6 | 17% | 0-3 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -17 |
| Keldon Johnson | 31:15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-12 | 42% | 0-2 | 0% | 9-9 | 100% | -10 |
| TOTAL | — | 134 | 48 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 44-89 | 49% | 14-38 | 37% | 32-40 | 80% | — |
Jordan McLaughlin —
Jeremy Sochan —
Bismack Biyombo —
Lindy Waters III —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
NYK46/96 (48%)
Paint
21/34 (62%)
Mid
8/16 (50%)
3PT
22/52 (42%)
ATB3 40%RA 75%Paint 35%Corner 3 47%Mid 43%
SAS44/89 (49%)
Paint
25/45 (56%)
Mid
7/15 (47%)
3PT
14/38 (37%)
RA 63%ATB3 39%Paint 40%Corner 3 29%Mid 100%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
De'Aaron Fox
defended Mikal Bridges
6.1 min • 13 pts • 75%
Best Defender
Luke Kornet
held Ariel Hukporti
2.6 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
De'Aaron Fox
vs Mikal Bridges
6.1 min • 13 pts • 75%
| SAS Defense | Ariel Hukporti | Guerschon Yabusele | Jalen Brunson | Jordan Clarkson | Karl-Anthony Towns | Kevin McCullar Jr. | Mikal Bridges | Miles McBride | Mohamed Diawara | OG Anunoby | Tyler Kolek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Champagnie | — | — | 5.6m 9pts 60% | 1.4m 3pts 100% | — | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Keldon Johnson | — | 1.0m 7pts 75% | 1.7m 2pts 0% | 4.1m 2pts 100% | — | — | — | 2.0m 2pts 20% | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% | — |
| De'Aaron Fox | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.1m 13pts 75% | 2.2m 4pts 100% | — | 1.3m 2pts 50% | — |
| Harrison Barnes | — | — | 1.9m 2pts 50% | — | 3.1m 3pts 33% | — | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.9m 0pts 0% | — |
| Victor Wembanyama | 1.3m 6pts 100% | — | — | — | 1.2m 4pts 67% | — | — | — | — | 4.6m 6pts 75% | — |
| Luke Kornet | 2.6m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 4.3m 4pts 100% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stephon Castle | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | 1.2m 0pts 0% | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | 2.0m 1pts 0% |
| Kelly Olynyk | — | — | — | — | 1.5m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — | 1.8m 1pts 0% | — |
| Dylan Harper | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% | — | — | 1.0m 2pts 50% |
| Other | 1.6m 3pts 20% | — | 3.7m 11pts 50% | 3.3m 4pts 67% | 2.1m 8pts 67% | 3.6m 2pts 25% | 2.3m 6pts 60% | 1.2m 8pts 80% | — | 1.6m 3pts 20% | 2.8m 9pts 67% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = SAS leads, negative = NYK leads
SAS Largest Lead
6
Q4 11:47
NYK Largest Lead
19
Q2 8:09
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
SAS 8-0 run
Q1 4:15 – Q1 5:47
-4 → +2
SAS 11-0 run
Q1 4:15 – Q1 6:27
-4 → +5
NYK 8-0 run
Q1 6:39 – Q1 7:23
+2 → -3
NYK 11-0 run
Q1 6:39 – Q1 7:49
+2 → -6