The New York Knicks (47-25) defeat the New Orleans Pelicans (25-47), 121-116.

116 - 121

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Madison Square Garden

Officials: Brent Barnaky, Josh Tiven, and Simone Jelks

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
New Orleans Pelicans	28	32	32	24	116
New York Knicks	42	24	27	28	121

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
New Orleans Pelicans	116	45-88	51.1%	15-34	44.1%	11-13	84.6%	6	39	33	19	5	7	3
New York Knicks	121	44-85	51.8%	13-33	39.4%	20-22	90.9%	9	49	29	18	5	9	4

PLAYER STATS


New Orleans Pelicans	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Saddiq Bey^SF	27:53	18	6-13	4-6	2-2	2	2	4	2	0	0	2	4	1
Zion Williamson^PF	33:56	22	8-10	0-0	6-8	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	3	15
Herbert Jones^C	37:02	13	6-8	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	6	0	1	1	5	2
Trey Murphy III^SG	35:31	16	6-15	4-12	0-0	0	6	6	2	1	0	0	2	-13
Dejounte Murray^PG	28:02	7	2-12	1-4	2-2	0	5	5	12	1	0	1	3	0
Yves Missi	16:38	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	-19
Jeremiah Fears	19:58	21	9-12	3-5	0-0	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	0	-5
Derik Queen	18:26	5	2-8	0-3	1-1	0	5	5	3	0	1	0	1	-7
Karlo Matković	22:33	12	5-6	2-2	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jordan Hawkins	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DeAndre Jordan	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevon Looney	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micah Peavy	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Poole	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Alexander	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Dickinson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryce McGowens	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Oduro	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New York Knicks	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
OG Anunoby^SF	39:38	21	7-16	5-13	2-2	0	4	4	4	3	1	0	4	17
Josh Hart^PF	37:56	10	3-8	0-0	4-5	0	8	8	3	0	0	1	4	-14
Karl-Anthony Towns^C	24:23	21	8-17	2-6	3-3	3	11	14	1	0	0	2	3	-11
Mikal Bridges^SG	37:28	14	5-12	4-10	0-0	0	2	2	7	0	1	1	1	-9
Jalen Brunson^PG	38:41	32	11-19	2-4	8-9	0	1	1	7	0	0	2	1	16
Jordan Clarkson	20:45	10	4-6	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	5	1	0	0	1	11
Mitchell Robinson	20:44	11	5-5	0-0	1-1	4	4	8	0	1	2	1	2	11
Mohamed Diawara	11:05	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	15
Jose Alvarado	09:19	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	-11
Pacôme Dadiet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Jemison III	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tyler Kolek	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Sochan	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ariel Hukporti	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miles McBride	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin McCullar Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Landry Shamet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

41 | 7 hours ago

See you next game knickerbockers 👁️

nxj102375 | Knicks

19 | 7 hours ago

It’s gonna be fun for sure

Acceptable_Moose1881 | Knicks

14 | 7 hours ago

I fuck with y’all man, I’m looking forward to the game.

SiphenPrax | Knicks

10 | 7 hours ago

Fuck, I forgot we’re facing you pesky swarm of Hornets next

DanTheMan14331 | Knicks

5 | 6 hours ago

Top two net ratings in the NBA since January 20!

Byrne_XC | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

Looking forward to it. Last 7 have been against some basement dwellers and we need some reps against good teams before the playoffs

DanTheMan14331 | Knicks

6 | 6 hours ago

Pels are not a basement dweller tbf but the six before were kinda a joke

Byrne_XC | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

Yea true, they can actually score

Jordanwolf98 | Celtics

30 | 7 hours ago

I know Dejounte is the better player right now and they’ve played much better since he’s returned, but I just wish they would give Jeremiah Fears the car keys as the PG of this team. Guy is a hooper

Flashy-Truth-8826 | Knicks

6 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, you can tell there’s a little something different about that rook.

oochiewallyWallyserb | Knicks

5 | 5 hours ago

I heard he is not afraid of much, if anything.

Abradolf1948 | Warriors

2 | 5 hours ago

Jeremiah Fears (Nothing)

oochiewallyWallyserb | Knicks

2 | 5 hours ago

Does he have zero fears?

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

1 | 2 hours ago

He said it’s why he chose 0.

oochiewallyWallyserb | Knicks

1 | 2 hours ago

I know, that’s the joke. It’s well publicized even outside of new orleans that he has 0 FEARS

heat_fan_ | Raptors

26 | 7 hours ago

Brunson showing why he was clutch player of the year

ObiOneKenobae | Knicks

27 | 7 hours ago

Not that it really matters, but nice to be back in the 2nd seed

SiphenPrax | Knicks

6 | 7 hours ago

We’re gonna be facing Boston again either way in the 2nd round (if we make it past the 1st of course)

DanTheMan14331 | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

Still an outside chance we drop down to 4 with how easy the Cavs’ schedule is the rest of the way. Basketball reference puts it at 10.8%

SiphenPrax | Knicks

2 | 6 hours ago

*Sigh*……………just win the NBA Finals this year and I won’t completely rip this franchise a new one.

That’s the end goal for this season at the end of the day. If we don’t win with this core this year, we are not winning anything with them.

DanTheMan14331 | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

Agreed this year will be our best shot. Honestly between Tatum’s return, Cade’s injury and the clusterfuck that is the East standings 6-10, it’s so hard to say what the Knicks’ easiest path will be so I’m not sweating the seeding race too much. Obviously would be fun to finish #2 though!

JonnySports | Knicks

28 | 7 hours ago

I don’t know if anyone has ever mentioned this before, but if the Pelicans could somehow just stay healthy, they’d be really good.

zebrainatux |

13 | 7 hours ago

Feels like it’s been the story of the Zion era: if they could stay healthy, they’d be a solid squad

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

2 | 7 hours ago

I’m pretty sure the entire premise of the Dumars hire was “If a FMVP can’t keep our players healthy, who can?”

The_Paleking | Pelicans

1 | 5 hours ago

It was also the story of the AD era. Shockingly more true then than now. It’s been brutal as a pels fan for over 10 years.

bishopbeaniepower | Warriors

9 | 7 hours ago

I’ve been thinking the same thing. I think Dejounte is way more important for their success than people thought. Zion can be a pretty good first option, TM3 is borderline all star, Bey and Herb are good role players with positional size.

Feel like they could make some noise with a center upgrade, a better coach, and some health luck, but none of that lined up this year.

GalactusAteMyPlanet | Knicks

21 | 7 hours ago

Dunno what the Pelicans were thinking by benching Fears. He was killing the Knicks when he was out there. Are they attempting to tank? Kind of too late for that and do they even own their own picks?

HokageEzio | Knicks

16 | 7 hours ago

They don’t have their pick

SquidwardsInParis | Knicks

8 | 7 hours ago

They traded their pick this year unprotected in the Derik Queen trade, so Borrego genuinely thought that was the best plan. ~~1st time~~ hc moment I guess

Appropriate-Mud-6985 | Hornets

10 | 7 hours ago

He is not a first time HC 🫩

SquidwardsInParis | Knicks

5 | 7 hours ago

oh… right… uh…. basketball reasons I guess

xojz

3 | 7 hours ago

He’s prone to rookie mistakes. Zion came in and scored two buckets and a free throw.

DanTheMan14331 | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

Borrego is a damn good coach so I’m sure he had a good reason. Point Zion was cooking and maybe they, uhhh….. feared him getting picked on by Brunson down the stretch

Beetle919

19 | 7 hours ago

Fears played really well, he is also a reclassified rookie like Flagg. He’s still 19 and younger than some of the 2026 incoming draft picks.

VanGrants

15 | 7 hours ago

man, Fears is fucking incredible

Fire_Demon-215

14 | 7 hours ago

Pelicans eliminated right?

itsahmemario | Knicks

12 | 7 hours ago

Oh so they were kinda fighting for life huh

ComprehensiveList769 | Hawks

3 | 7 hours ago

I think so

jgman22 | Pelicans

13 | 7 hours ago

Pels look good. Home cooking was the difference in this game against a good Knicks team. They’ve looked good for a couple months now. Fears particularly has been looking a lot better, great game.

SquidwardsInParis | Knicks

12 | 7 hours ago

I can only assume everyone in the team sub is foaming at the mouth and shitting and pissing about the “eye test” or some shit even though we’re on a 7 game winning streak

TheoMoneyG | Knicks

10 | 7 hours ago

Bold of you to assume team subs arent always foaming at the mouth about something

EarthWarping | NBA

11 | 7 hours ago

Pels are a hard team to play

Funny-Transition7869 | Pacers

1 | 7 hours ago

didnt they have the longest win streak itl at some point in the season or was i dreaming

zebrainatux |

8 | 7 hours ago

They had a 7 game home winning streak

Relodwire | Pelicans

5 | 7 hours ago

They’ve had both a 4 game win streak and 5 game win streak this year that were both the longest actives streaks at the time somehow

BrettSchirley22 | Hawks

3 | 7 hours ago

Def dreaming lol

heat_fan_ | Raptors

9 | 7 hours ago

Brunson showing why he was clutch player of the year

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

9 | 7 hours ago

Feels like this is a building block for next season for the Pelicans. Yes, they just got eliminated, but I’m more excited by about the roster health than anything.

BeingMikeHunt | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

If you guys can just stay healthy, you have a real squad

AnotherStatsGuy | Pelicans

3 | 6 hours ago

It’s what makes the Dumars hire so hard to evaluate in totality.

I get the criticism b terms of asset management, but roster health has gotten so much better than it was under Griffin, it’s not even funny.

sobanoodle-1 | Knicks

6 | 7 hours ago

I love you Brunson

itsanakoma

3 | 7 hours ago

How do NBA refs “forget” to stop the game clock but halt the 24 clock late in a close game after Zion scores a bucket?

That’s blatant cheating. Shame on NBA referees.

Oprahapproves | Knicks

3 | 6 hours ago

I liked what I saw from Fears, Pels should’ve had him close the game

itsanakoma

2 | 7 hours ago

How can you trust an NBA crew to be unbiased on judgment calls if they can’t handle the rules of the game clock?

Shame on Silver’s shoddy NBA officials.

SabraShifter

1 | 7 hours ago

What happened to Queen? I thought ht was a runaway success story this season, has he taken a step back?

Cynical_badger | Knicks

5 | 7 hours ago

Murray came back and he’s pretty useless without the ball in his hands. He’s also splitting minutes with like 6 centers/forwards.

itsanakoma

-2 | 7 hours ago

Or was Brent Barnaky the crew chief? How do 3 refs miss that?

Crooked or incompetent- pick one.

batmansascientician

-4 | 7 hours ago

I was trying to see if anyone has played a worse streak of opponents .

I’m sure it’s happened, but the Knicks 7 game winning streak is against teams with a combined record of 135-359 (average record of 19-51) has got to be among the all-time worst 7 game stretch of opponents

gradedonacurve | Knicks

5 | 6 hours ago

There has definitely been worse streaks of opponents, lol. The Hawks recent 11 game streak was BKN, WAS, MIL, DAL all 2 times each, the. The other 3 games were POR, PHI (with no Maxey or Embiid) and one halfway decent team in ORL.

It’s just a reality that a third of the league is tanking.

kavolsm

-10 | 7 hours ago

I don’t understand this Pelicans team. Why were they trying so hard to win a meaningless game. I thought they were tanking. They need to fire their boneheaded coach.

BeingMikeHunt | Knicks

12 | 7 hours ago

They don’t have their pick this year.

Before asking for the coach to be fired for a nonsensical reason, maybe do a little research.

joorral

8 | 7 hours ago

They don’t have their pick. What’s the point of tanking?