New York Knicks – Brooklyn Nets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 5 April 2021

NYK112–114BKN

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 85% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 16 times

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

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Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when BKN leads and falls when NYK does.

This is how the game was decided.

Kyrie Irving decided it, the Brooklyn Nets player with the most points (40, with 2 rebounds and 7 assists; -5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Chris Chiozza's (+12). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Brooklyn Nets 114-112 New York Knicks (April 5, 2021) was hit by Jeff Green: a free throw with 3.7 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Brooklyn Nets up 113-112. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Brooklyn Nets 114-112 New York Knicks (April 5, 2021) was a 11-0 run by the New York Knicks in the second quarter (from 2:02 to 55.8 s), from 56-53 to 67-53. The Brooklyn Nets' best was a 9-0 run between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 82-88 to 91-88.

What were the keys of the last Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks game?

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Play: Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 2.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Jeff Green decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 6 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Green decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

5 April 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401307554:667; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · NYK

Randle · Barrett · Bullock · Burks · Quickley

Closing lineup · BKN

Irving · Green · Harris · Luwawu-Cabarrot · Brown

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NYK

Julius Randle

39′ · 0

RJ Barrett

33′ · -3

Reggie Bullock Jr.

31′ · +7

Nerlens Noel

22′ · -2

Elfrid Payton

22′ · +3

Taj Gibson

25′ · -3

Derrick Rose

25′ · -8

Alec Burks

20′ · -10

Immanuel Quickley

13′ · +6

Obi Toppin

9′ · -2

BKN

Kyrie Irving

37′ · -5

Jeff Green

36′ · -2

Joe Harris

34′ · +3

LaMarcus Aldridge

29′ · +7

James Harden

4′ · +1

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot

32′ · +3

Bruce Brown

21′ · -20

Nic Claxton

17′ · +2

Chris Chiozza

12′ · +12

Alize Johnson

17′ · +11

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. NYK and BKN.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

New York Knicks

Barrett, Noel, Bullock, Payton, and Randle played 13.3 minutes together.
Barrett, Gibson, Bullock, Payton, and Randle played 8.6 minutes together.
Toppin, Quickley, Rose, Burks, and Noel played 6.8 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each New York Knicks lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Brooklyn Nets

Brown, Aldridge, Green, Irving, and Harris played 6.6 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Aldridge, Green, Irving, and Harris played 5.9 minutes together.
Aldridge, Green, Harden, Irving, and Harris played 4.4 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Brooklyn Nets lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

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New York Knicks

Barrett, Rose, Gibson, Bullock, and Randle played 4.6 minutes together.
Barrett, Rose, Gibson, Burks, and Randle played 4.1 minutes together.
Quickley, Rose, Gibson, Burks, and Randle played 3.2 minutes together.
Rose, Gibson, Burks, Bullock, and Randle played 2.7 minutes together.
Toppin, Quickley, Rose, Gibson, and Burks played 2.1 minutes together.
Barrett, Rose, Noel, Bullock, and Randle played 1.5 minutes together.

Brooklyn Nets

Luwawu-Cabarrot, Johnson, Aldridge, Irving, and Harris played 4.4 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Brown, Chiozza, Claxton, and Green played 3.1 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Johnson, Chiozza, Claxton, and Harris played 3.0 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Brown, Aldridge, Green, and Irving played 2.9 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Johnson, Chiozza, Claxton, and Green played 2.8 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Brown, Green, Irving, and Harris played 2.5 minutes together.
Brown, Johnson, Claxton, Irving, and Harris played 2.3 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Brown, Claxton, Green, and Irving played 2.2 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Johnson, Aldridge, Green, and Irving played 1.6 minutes together.
Luwawu-Cabarrot, Johnson, Chiozza, Aldridge, and Harris played 1.4 minutes together.
Chiozza, Aldridge, Green, Irving, and Harris played 1.4 minutes together.
Brown, Claxton, Green, Irving, and Harris played 1.4 minutes together.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Julius Randle covered 4.47 km, more than anyone in the game.

Kyrie Irving touched the ball 105 times, a game high.
Julius Randle made 75 passes, a game high.
Nerlens Noel defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Julius Randle had 18 rebound chances, a game high.

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New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Julius Randle	4.47	6.5	104	75
RJ Barrett	4.34	7.3	47	26
Reggie Bullock Jr.	3.97	7.1	37	25
Taj Gibson	3.06	6.8	35	29
Derrick Rose	2.98	6.7	56	39
Elfrid Payton	2.77	7.1	46	35
Nerlens Noel	2.72	7.2	31	26
Alec Burks	2.35	6.6	29	24
Immanuel Quickley	1.59	6.8	14	9
Obi Toppin	1.08	6.6	13	9

Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kyrie Irving	4.22	6.4	105	70
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	4.12	7.2	32	23
Joe Harris	4.10	6.8	42	29
Jeff Green	4.04	6.2	57	34
LaMarcus Aldridge	3.35	6.6	36

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2020-21 regular season, not this game.

New York Knicks

Julius Randle recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 16 of 364 in the league.
Nerlens Noel deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 19 of 364 in the league.
RJ Barrett contested 7.4 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 67 of 364 in the league.

Brooklyn Nets

Kyrie Irving deflected 2.9 passes per game over his 54 games.
He ranks 14 of 364 in the league.
James Harden deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 44 games.
He ranks 28 of 364 in the league.
Nic Claxton contested 8.2 shots per game over his 32 games.
He ranks 44 of 364 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Brooklyn Nets have won 25 of their 55 games against the New York Knicks.

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Game context

Attendance

1773

10% of capacity

Barclays Center · Brooklyn

Scoring

226

combined points

1.8 above the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

15 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 01:01.1

Elfrid Payton → Kyrie Irving

Payton (NYK) makes lower body contact with Irving (BKN) during his jump shooting motion.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:13.6

Elfrid Payton → Nets

Payton (NYK) gathers the ball on his right foot and takes more than two steps after his gather.