Game completed

New York Knicks23-9130atNew Orleans Pelicans8-26125

Mon, Dec 29, 8:00 PM ESTSmoothie King Center, New Orleans, LAGCSEN · Gotham · Pelicans+

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
NYK	37	35	24	34	130
NOP	41	34	28	22	125

New York Knicks

130

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG AnunobySF	37	23	11	1	3	1	2	8-22	1-8	6-6	+16
Mohamed DiawaraPF	18	18	1	0	2	0	0	7-9	4-4	0-0	-12
Karl-Anthony TownsC	30	12	12	4	0	2	0	4-9	2-4	2-2	+6
Mikal BridgesSG	35	6	5	10	2	1	1	3-5	0-1	0-0	+3
Jalen BrunsonPG	36	28	3	10	0	0	1	10-23	5-10	3-3	-1
Guerschon Yabusele	16	9	2	1	0	0	2	3-5	3-4	0-0	-6
Ariel Hukporti	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Jordan Clarkson	13	9	2	1	0	0	1	3-6	1-3	2-2	+9
Tyler Kolek	12	7	2	5	0	0	1	2-5	2-4	1-2	+4
Miles McBride	18	14	3	2	1	0	0	4-8	2-5	4-4	+8
Kevin McCullar Jr.	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+3
Trey Jemison III	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Team		130	48	35	8	4	8	46-95	20-44	18-19

DNP: Pacôme Dadiet, Tosan Evbuomwan, Josh Hart (injury), Mitchell Robinson (injury), Landry Shamet (injury)

New Orleans Pelicans

125

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Saddiq BeySF	37	26	6	6	2	0	2	9-21	4-10	4-5	+1
Zion WilliamsonPF	29	32	5	2	2	2	2	11-16	0-0	10-12	-8
Derik QueenC	29	7	9	5	1	2	2	3-13	0-2	1-2	-3
Trey Murphy IIISG	38	21	6	2	0	0	2	8-16	5-10	0-0	-4
Jeremiah FearsPG	22	4	4	4	1	0	1	2-5	0-2	0-0	-3
Kevon Looney	24	2	9	3	0	2	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	-1
Jordan Poole	26	26	3	2	0	1	0	7-14	4-10	8-8	-2
Yves Missi	14	2	6	2	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Jordan Hawkins	12	2	2	1	0	1	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Micah Peavy	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-1	0-0	0
Team		125	58	27	6	8	11	44-96	14-36	23-27

DNP: Trey Alexander, Jose Alvarado (nwt league suspension), DeAndre Jordan, Karlo Matković, Hunter Dickinson (gleague twoway), Herbert Jones (injury), Bryce McGowens, Dejounte Murray (injury)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · NOP: 10
Biggest lead · NYK: 5
Times tied: 6
Lead changes: 12
Longest run · NOP: 9

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Travel tax: NYK3 in 4: NOP

NYK is carrying the heavier travel load at 425 mi from its previous stop.
NOP is playing into a 3 in 4 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
NYK is in game 2 of 3 on the road with 748 mi already logged before tip.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	NYK	NOP
Record	23-9	8-26
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	48h	49h
Rest swing	-1h	+1h
Travel in	425 mi	0 mi
Zone change	-1h	0h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 3	Homestand · 3 of 3
Miles before tip	748 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	3 in 4

How each side got here

Travel and map

NYK

425 mi

Atlanta, GANew Orleans, LA

NYK came from Atlanta, GA with 425 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Atlanta, GA to New Orleans, LA

NOP

0 mi

New Orleans, LANo travel

NOP stayed in New Orleans, LA between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in New Orleans, LA

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

NYK

Road trip

NYK is on game 2 of 3 on the road, with 748 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 3

Miles before tip748 mi

Segment miles1,675 mi

NOP

Homestand

NOP is in game 3 of 3 on this homestand.

Game in segment3 of 3

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

Local TV: NOPGCSENNYKGothamin-market
Team streams: NOPPelicans+in-market
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Radio: NYK880 ESPN New YorkSiriusXMNOPWWL 870 AM

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