Final

New York Knicks40-22109atLos Angeles Lakers40-21113 winner

Thu, Mar 6, 10:00 PM ESTCrypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CATNT/truTV/Max

The box score

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	T
NYK	27	33	24	15	10	109
LAL	31	20	25	23	14	113

New York Knicks

109

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh HartF	44	18	10	2	4	0	3	6-13	2-6	4-7	-6
OG AnunobyF	44	20	4	1	0	1	2	7-18	4-11	2-3	-13
Karl-Anthony TownsC	42	12	14	1	1	0	2	3-13	1-6	5-7	-1
Mikal BridgesG	43	6	3	3	3	0	1	3-6	0-1	0-0	-12
Jalen BrunsonG	41	39	4	10	0	0	3	13-26	1-7	12-13	-8
Mitchell Robinson	13	6	4	0	1	0	0	2-3	0-0	2-2	+2
Miles McBride	21	0	5	2	1	1	1	0-6	0-4	0-0	+4
Landry Shamet	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+6
Cameron Payne	10	3	2	1	0	0	1	1-6	1-6	0-0	+8
Team		109	46	20	10	2	13	37-94	10-43	25-32

DNP: Precious Achiuwa (injury/illness), Anton Watson (coach's decision), Delon Wright (coach's decision)

Los Angeles Lakers

113

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Dorian Finney-SmithF	38	2	5	0	1	0	2	1-5	0-3	0-0	+12
LeBron JamesF	44	31	12	8	0	1	1	11-23	2-8	7-8	+4
Jaxson HayesC	33	8	5	3	0	2	2	3-5	0-0	2-2	+5
Austin ReavesG	32	8	6	0	0	0	2	2-13	1-7	3-4	-7
Luka DončićG	43	32	7	12	4	0	5	9-23	4-12	10-12	+16
Jarred Vanderbilt	17	2	5	0	2	1	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-11
Dalton Knecht	21	11	4	1	0	0	1	4-8	3-7	0-0	-1
Gabe Vincent	24	12	1	1	0	0	1	4-5	4-4	0-0	+4
Trey Jemison III	13	7	4	0	0	0	2	3-4	0-0	1-2	-2
Team		113	49	25	7	4	16	38-89	14-42	23-28

DNP: Bronny James (coach's decision), Alex Len (coach's decision), Shake Milton (coach's decision), Cam Reddish (coach's decision)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · LAL: 9
Biggest lead · NYK: 13
Times tied: 3
Lead changes: 2
Longest run · NYK: 8

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How they entered this matchup

Travel tax: NYKBody clock: NYKNational TV

NYK is carrying the heavier travel load at 2,448 mi from its previous stop.
NYK is dealing with west-to-east pressure: -3h on the body clock and -3h of zone shift.
NYK is in game 1 of 5 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	NYK	LAL
Record	40-22	40-21
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	50.5h	47.5h
Rest swing	+3h	-3h
Travel in	2,448 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	-3h	0h
Body clock	-3h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 5	Homestand · 6 of 6
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	6	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

NYK carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 6 vs. LAL's 1.

How each side got here2,448 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

NYK

2,448 mi

New York, NYLos Angeles, CA

NYK came from New York, NY with 2,448 mi of travel and -3h of time-zone change.

New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA

LAL

0 mi

Los Angeles, CANo travel

LAL stayed in Los Angeles, CA between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Los Angeles, CA

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 5 vs homestand 6 of 6

Where this game sits in the run

NYK

Road trip

NYK is on game 1 of 5 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 5

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles3,841 mi

LAL

Homestand

LAL is in game 6 of 6 on this homestand.

Game in segment6 of 6

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: TNT/truTV/Max
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Radio: NYK880 ESPN New YorkLALESPN LA 710/1330 KWKWSiriusXM

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