New York Knicks – Brooklyn Nets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 30 November 2021

NYK110–112BKN

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 88% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 26 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.

↑ BKN winsNYK wins ↓

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.

James Harden decided it, the Brooklyn Nets player with the most points (34, with 10 rebounds and 8 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was LaMarcus Aldridge's (+11). 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 112-110 New York Knicks (November 30, 2021) was hit by James Johnson: a free throw with 2.2 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Brooklyn Nets up 111-110. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Brooklyn Nets 112-110 New York Knicks (November 30, 2021) was a 17-0 run by the Brooklyn Nets between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 57-61 to 74-61. The New York Knicks' best was a 9-0 run in the first quarter (from 7:25 to 6:12), from 9-10 to 18-10.

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

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Play: James Johnson 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.

James Johnson decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Johnson 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.

30 November 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360138:629; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · NYK

Randle · Burks · Fournier · Rose · Quickley

Closing lineup · BKN

Durant · Harden · Bembry · Brown · Johnson

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NYK

Julius Randle

40′ · -8

Alec Burks

39′ · -11

Mitchell Robinson

25′ · -10

Evan Fournier

22′ · -3

RJ Barrett

9′ · +2

Derrick Rose

35′ · +11

Nerlens Noel

19′ · +8

Immanuel Quickley

38′ · +9

Obi Toppin

12′ · +4

Quentin Grimes

3′ · -12

BKN

Kevin Durant

41′ · +10

James Harden

40′ · +6

LaMarcus Aldridge

32′ · +11

DeAndre' Bembry

30′ · -1

Patty Mills

28′ · +10

Cam Thomas

21′ · -9

Bruce Brown

13′ · -1

Paul Millsap

15′ · -7

James Johnson

18′ · -6

Jevon Carter

3′ · -3

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

Robinson, Quickley, Rose, Burks, and Randle played 8.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Quickley, Rose, Burks, Noel, and Randle played 7.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Robinson, Quickley, Burks, Fournier, and Randle played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

Brooklyn Nets

Bembry, Aldridge, Durant, Harden, and Mills played 10.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 14 points.
Bembry, Thomas, Aldridge, Durant, and Harden played 6.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Brown, Thomas, Millsap, Durant, and Mills played 5.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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New York Knicks

Robinson, Barrett, Burks, Fournier, and Randle played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Barrett, Toppin, Quickley, Rose, and Noel played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Quickley, Rose, Fournier, Noel, and Randle played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Toppin, Quickley, Rose, Burks, and Randle played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Robinson, Rose, Burks, Fournier, and Randle played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Robinson, Grimes, Burks, Fournier, and Randle played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 12 points.
Toppin, Quickley, Rose, Burks, and Noel played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

Brooklyn Nets

Bembry, Aldridge, Durant, Harden, and Johnson played 4.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Brown, Thomas, Aldridge, Durant, and Harden played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Aldridge, Durant, Harden, Johnson, and Mills played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Bembry, Millsap, Durant, Harden, and Johnson played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Brown, Millsap, Harden, Johnson, and Mills played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Bembry, Thomas, Aldridge, Durant, and Mills played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Carter, Millsap, Harden, Johnson, and Mills played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Bembry, Millsap, Harden, Johnson, and Mills played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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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.

Alec Burks covered 4.51 km, more than anyone in the game.

James Harden touched the ball 102 times, a game high.
James Harden made 68 passes, a game high.
James Harden defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.

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New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Alec Burks	4.51	6.5	74	49
Julius Randle	4.49	6.3	82	54
Immanuel Quickley	4.41	6.5	50	36
Derrick Rose	3.97	6.4	68	53
Mitchell Robinson	2.75	6.1	26	21
Evan Fournier	2.75	7.0	33	18
Nerlens Noel	2.25	6.8	20	18
Obi Toppin	1.46	7.3	13	8
RJ Barrett	0.93	6.5	12	7
Quentin Grimes	0.32	7.1	3	3

Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kevin Durant	4.10	5.7	67	37
James Harden	4.05	5.7	102	68
LaMarcus Aldridge	3.43	6.0	47	33
Patty Mills	3.39	6.8	28	16
DeAndre' Bembry	3.35	6.4	23

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 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

New York Knicks

RJ Barrett recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 30 of 386 in the league.
Mitchell Robinson defended 4.1 shots at the rim per game over his 72 games, and opponents made 10 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 12 of 131 in the league.
Julius Randle recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 59 of 386 in the league.

Brooklyn Nets

Bruce Brown deflected 2.3 passes per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 36 of 386 in the league.
LaMarcus Aldridge contested 8.4 shots per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 37 of 386 in the league.
Kevin Durant contested 8.1 shots per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 42 of 386 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

18.081

102% of capacity

Barclays Center · Brooklyn

Scoring

222

combined points

0.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

31 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: 3 Second Violation · 00:02.7

LaMarcus Aldridge → Knicks

Aldridge (BKN) is in the lane for longer than three seconds.

Foul: Shooting · 01:49.3

James Harden → Julius Randle

Harden (BKN) makes contact to Randle's (NYK) arm and affects his shot attempt.