New York
Knicks
116
–
113
FINAL
Detroit
Pistons
Date
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 37 | 22 | 37 | 15 | 116 |
| DET | 23 | 38 | 24 | 27 | 113 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Mikal Bridges
NYK
25
PTS
4
REB
3
AST
+7
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections2
Contested Shots8
Opp FG% When Defending63.6%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.21
Impact Composite52.6
Hustle: 16.0Defense: 35.6Impact: 1.0
68.8% FG8 contested shotsonly 15 pts allowed on 71.3 possessions
Box Score MVP
Jalen Brunson
NYK
40
PTS
4
REB
7
AST
+5
+/−
Game Performance
FG15-33 (45.5%)
3PT3-10
FT7-8
TS%54.8%
eFG%50.0%
TOV2
ORTG114
DRTG110
NET+4
40 points7 contested shotsonly 41 pts allowed on 76.9 possessions
Box Score
| NYK | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 37:27 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4-10 | 40% | 0-1 | 0% | 2-3 | 67% | +8 |
| OG Anunoby | 44:17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6-14 | 43% | 4-10 | 40% | 6-7 | 86% | +2 |
| Jalen Brunson | 42:16 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15-33 | 46% | 3-10 | 30% | 7-8 | 88% | +5 |
| Josh Hart | 34:51 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3-5 | 60% | 1-1 | 100% | 6-6 | 100% | +13 |
| Mikal Bridges | 44:29 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11-16 | 69% | 1-4 | 25% | 2-2 | 100% | +7 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameron Payne | 6:18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-3 | 33% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -4 |
| Miles McBride | 17:12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | 25% | 1-3 | 33% | 0-0 | 0% | -6 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 13:10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 1-4 | 25% | -10 |
| TOTAL | — | 116 | 43 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 41-86 | 48% | 10-30 | 33% | 24-30 | 80% | — |
Landry Shamet —
Precious Achiuwa —
Pacôme Dadiet —
Delon Wright —
Ariel Hukporti —
Tyler Kolek —
| DET | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Schröder | 30:07 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-9 | 33% | 1-4 | 25% | 2-2 | 100% | +7 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 33:04 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3-11 | 27% | 1-6 | 17% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Malik Beasley | 24:01 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6-13 | 46% | 6-13 | 46% | 2-2 | 100% | +17 |
| Tobias Harris | 39:22 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-10 | 60% | 1-3 | 33% | 1-1 | 100% | -23 |
| Jalen Duren | 39:08 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6-9 | 67% | 0-0 | 0% | 9-10 | 90% | -3 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Ausar Thompson | 22:46 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5-7 | 71% | 0-0 | 0% | 7-10 | 70% | -7 |
| Cade Cunningham | 44:03 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9-22 | 41% | 0-8 | 0% | 5-6 | 83% | -2 |
| Paul Reed | 7:30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | 2-2 | 100% | +3 |
| TOTAL | — | 113 | 36 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 23 | 38-81 | 47% | 9-34 | 26% | 28-33 | 85% | — |
Ronald Holland II —
Isaiah Stewart —
Bobi Klintman —
Lindy Waters III —
Marcus Sasser —
Simone Fontecchio —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
NYK41/86 (48%)
Paint
24/42 (57%)
Mid
8/19 (42%)
3PT
10/30 (33%)
Paint 37%RA 75%ATB3 35%Corner 3 29%Mid 60%
DET38/81 (47%)
Paint
24/40 (60%)
Mid
7/13 (54%)
3PT
9/34 (26%)
ATB3 20%RA 70%Paint 52%Corner 3 44%Mid 67%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
View:
Primary Matchup
Cade Cunningham
defended OG Anunoby
9.3 min • 16 pts • 70%
Best Defender
Dennis Schröder
held Jalen Brunson
3.6 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Malik Beasley
vs Mikal Bridges
2.6 min • 5 pts • 33%
| DET Defense | Cameron Payne | Jalen Brunson | Josh Hart | Karl-Anthony Towns | Mikal Bridges | Miles McBride | Mitchell Robinson | OG Anunoby |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham | — | — | 1.4m 5pts 50% | 1.0m 2pts 25% | 2.6m 2pts 25% | — | — | 9.3m 16pts 70% |
| Jalen Duren | — | — | 1.1m 2pts 100% | 8.9m 12pts 100% | — | — | 1.8m 0pts 0% | 1.8m 0pts 0% |
| Tobias Harris | — | — | 4.1m 5pts 67% | 1.2m 3pts 100% | 5.9m 2pts 25% | — | — | 2.2m 4pts 100% |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | — | 8.4m 3pts 17% | — | — | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | 1.1m 0pts 0% |
| Dennis Schröder | — | 3.6m 0pts 0% | — | — | 2.8m 2pts 100% | 1.9m 2pts 50% | — | 1.0m 3pts 100% |
| Malik Beasley | — | 1.5m 3pts 33% | 1.3m 0pts 0% | — | 2.6m 5pts 33% | 1.7m 9pts 100% | — | — |
| Ausar Thompson | — | — | 4.2m 6pts 67% | — | 1.2m 2pts 100% | — | — | — |
| Paul Reed | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — |
| Other | 1.7m 2pts 0% | 2.5m 5pts 40% | — | 2.5m 8pts 75% | 1.5m 2pts 50% | 1.0m 4pts 100% | — | 1.1m 5pts 50% |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = DET leads, negative = NYK leads
DET Largest Lead
7
Q4 9:25
NYK Largest Lead
15
Q2 1:41
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
NYK 9-0 run
Q1 3:58 – Q1 5:10
-4 → -10
NYK 11-0 run
Q1 3:58 – Q1 5:39
-4 → -12
DET 9-0 run
Q2 6:34 – Q2 7:48
-6 → 0
DET 9-0 run
Q4 3:49 – Q4 5:34
-9 → -2