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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bucks | 21 | 13 | 38 | 13 | 85 |
 Knicks | 26 | 32 | 27 | 32 | 117 |
MILTeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | 30-7938.0% | 16-4436.4% | 9-1090.0% | 32 | 20 | 12 |
| NYK | 40-8944.9% | 17-4438.6% | 20-2580.0% | 59 | 26 | 10 |
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New York Knicks117| 29 | 19 | 6-12 | 5-8 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +26 | +3.1 | |||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +24 | −0.5 | |||||
| 28 | 23 | 7-18 | 1-3 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.5 | |||||
| 27 | 21 | 5-14 | 2-9 | 9-14 | +21 | +5.5 | ||||||||
| 17 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 | +2.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +39 | −0.2 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −4.3 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +5.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 12 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +23 | +6.4 | |||||||
| 11 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.1 | |||||
| 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.9 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.9 | |||||
| 6 | 8 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +3.2 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +0.8 | ||||
| Team | 117 | 40-8944.9% | 17-4438.6% | 59 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 20-2580.0% | 18 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 40 points on 16 for 32 shooting
Milwaukee Bucks85| 27 | 3 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −24 | −8.7 | |||||||
| 26 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −23 | −5.5 | ||||
| 26 | 5 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −14 | −1.4 | |||||||
| 25 | 16 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | −2 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 24 | 14 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −10 | +4.8 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −22 | −4.5 | ||||
| 23 | 11 | 4-12 | 2-6 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −1.7 | |||||
| 22 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +1.2 | |||||
| 17 | 8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | +1 | −2.5 | |||||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.2 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −1.5 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.4 | ||||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +0.4 | |||
| Team | 85 | 30-7938.0% | 16-4436.4% | 32 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 9-1090.0% | 7 | 7 | 4 | |||
Bench 44 points on 16 for 40 shooting
Did not play: Caris LeVert (coach’s decision).
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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.
The defending champion New York Knicks routed the Milwaukee Bucks 117-85 for their fourth straight win.
The Knicks led by as many as 32, pulling away with a 21-4 run in the fourth quarter.
Jalen Brunson scored 23 points (13 in the third quarter, on a layup, 2 jumpers and 7 free throws). Karl-Anthony Towns added 21 points (10 in the fourth quarter, on 2 3-pointers, a layup and 2 free throws) and 16 rebounds, and Tyler Kolek scored 12 points off the bench. Brunson made all 3 of his pull-up jumpers. Pull-up jumpers have been 13% of his shots since 2021-22, more than twice the league’s rate, and he has made 48.1% of them (the league: 44.2%).
For the Bucks, Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 16 points.
The Knicks held the Bucks to 85 points. The Bucks got 7 offensive rebounds, about 7 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. The Knicks outscored the Bucks 21-6 in 6 minutes with Towns, Anunoby, Shamet, McBride and Kolek on the floor together.
New York KnicksMilwaukee BucksPS, 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).
97 points from the field on 89 shots: 3.6 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-30 | 56.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 2-7 | 28.6% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 4-8 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-11 | 36.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 13-33 | 39.4% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden Burries | 15 | 2 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Ryan Rollins | 12 | 9 | 3-6 | +4 |
| Nate Ament | 8 | 5 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 5 | 2-5 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 54 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Turner | 27 | 7 | 2-10 | −2 |
| Kel'el Ware | 5 | 5 | 1-2 | +3 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 6 | 1-1 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 48 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Kuzma | 18 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Jaime Jaquez Jr. | 16 | 5 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Ryan Rollins | 4 | 5 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Myles Turner | 3 | 6 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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 = NYK leads, negative = MIL leads
NYK Largest Lead
32
Q4 1:15
MIL Largest Lead
3
Q1 10:59
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
NYK 8-0 run
Q1 3:31 – Q1 2:29
-1 → +7
NYK 10-0 run
Q2 11:07 – Q2 8:22
+3 → +13
NYK 10-0 run
Q2 7:12 – Q2 4:57
+10 → +20
NYK 8-0 run
Q2 1:16 – Q3 11:47
+18 → +26
