New York Knicks – Houston Rockets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 12 February 2024

NYK103–105HOU

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 95% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 18 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.

↑ HOU winsNYK wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Dillon Brooks decided it, the Houston Rockets player with the most points (23, with 5 rebounds and 1 assists; -11 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Nate Williams's (+15). 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 Houston Rockets 105-103 New York Knicks (February 12, 2024) was hit by Aaron Holiday: a free throw with 0.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Houston Rockets up 104-103. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Houston Rockets 105-103 New York Knicks (February 12, 2024) was a 11-0 run by the Houston Rockets in the first quarter (from 6:11 to 3:23), from 8-16 to 19-16. The New York Knicks' best was a 9-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 7:01 to 5:33), from 80-91 to 89-91.

What were the keys of the last Houston Rockets vs New York Knicks game?

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Play: Aaron Holiday makes free throw 1 of 3.

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.

Aaron Holiday decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Holiday 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.

12 February 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401585393:671; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · NYK

Hart · Brunson · Achiuwa · Burks · McBride

Closing lineup · HOU

Smith · Brooks · Sengun · Green · Holiday

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NYK

Josh Hart

42′ · +2

Donte DiVincenzo

41′ · +2

Jalen Brunson

39′ · -1

Precious Achiuwa

39′ · +3

Jericho Sims

29′ · +7

Bojan Bogdanovic

23′ · -13

Alec Burks

17′ · -3

Miles McBride

5′ · -8

Taj Gibson

5′ · +1

HOU

Jabari Smith Jr.

38′ · -2

Amen Thompson

38′ · -5

Dillon Brooks

37′ · -11

Alperen Sengun

36′ · -6

Jalen Green

30′ · -6

Aaron Holiday

26′ · +8

Jae'Sean Tate

12′ · +6

Jeff Green

15′ · +11

Nate Williams

8′ · +15

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 HOU.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

New York Knicks

Hart, Brunson, DiVincenzo, Achiuwa, and Sims played 19.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 12 points.
Hart, Brunson, DiVincenzo, Sims, and Gibson played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Hart, Brunson, Achiuwa, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Houston Rockets

Brooks, Green, Sengun, Smith, and Thompson played 17.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 14 points.
Brooks, Holiday, Green, Tate, and Sengun played 6.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Holiday, Tate, Smith, Thompson, and Green played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

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New York Knicks

Hart, DiVincenzo, Achiuwa, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
DiVincenzo, Achiuwa, McBride, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hart, Brunson, DiVincenzo, Sims, and Bogdanovic played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Hart, Brunson, DiVincenzo, Achiuwa, and Bogdanovic played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Brunson, DiVincenzo, Achiuwa, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Hart, Achiuwa, McBride, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.

Houston Rockets

Brooks, Holiday, Sengun, Smith, and Thompson played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Holiday, Sengun, Smith, Thompson, and Green played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Holiday, Smith, Williams, Thompson, and Green played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Brooks, Green, Sengun, Williams, and Thompson played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Brooks, Holiday, Smith, Thompson, and Green played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Brooks, Holiday, Smith, Williams, and Green played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Brooks, Green, Sengun, Smith, and Williams played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 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.

Josh Hart covered 5.05 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jalen Brunson touched the ball 85 times, a game high.
Josh Hart made 55 passes, a game high.
Precious Achiuwa had 26 rebound chances, a game high.

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New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Josh Hart	5.05	6.7	73	55
Jalen Brunson	4.75	6.9	85	48
Donte DiVincenzo	4.75	6.5	71	44
Precious Achiuwa	4.54	6.6	46	35
Jericho Sims	3.44	6.7	27	23
Bojan Bogdanovic	2.65	6.5	30	14
Alec Burks	2.08	6.9	31	21
Miles McBride	0.71	7.4	4	2
Taj Gibson	0.68	6.8	4	3

Houston Rockets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Amen Thompson	4.65	6.8	58	46
Dillon Brooks	4.51	6.8	50	32
Jabari Smith Jr.	4.31	6.4	55	36
Alperen Sengun	3.83	6.0	57	41
Jalen Green	3.60	6.8	55

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 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

New York Knicks

Jalen Brunson drew 0.45 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 2 of 373 in the league.
Donte DiVincenzo deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 8 of 373 in the league.
Josh Hart recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 10 of 373 in the league.

Houston Rockets

Alperen Sengun contested 9.2 shots per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 15 of 373 in the league.
Jae'Sean Tate drew 0.16 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 19 of 373 in the league.
Jabari Smith Jr. contested 7.1 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 35 of 373 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 Houston Rockets have won 77 of their 143 games against the New York Knicks.

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Game context

Attendance

16.790

93% of capacity

Toyota Center · Houston

Scoring

208

combined points

20.4 below the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

15 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:00.3

Jalen Brunson → Aaron Holiday

Brunson (NYK) legally contests Holiday's (HOU) shot. Holiday released his shot before contact with Brunson and is able to return to a normal floor position.