Chicago Bulls – New York Knicks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 13 November 2024

CHI124–123NYK

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It was more exciting than 74% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 21 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.

↑ NYK winsCHI wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Zach LaVine decided it, the Chicago Bulls player with the most points (31, with 7 rebounds and 8 assists; +21 with him on the floor). 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 New York Knicks 123-124 Chicago Bulls (November 13, 2024) was hit by Coby White: a free throw with 3.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Chicago Bulls up 124-123. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of New York Knicks 123-124 Chicago Bulls (November 13, 2024) was a 17-0 run by the New York Knicks in the third quarter (from 3:37 to 5.1 s), from 68-90 to 85-90. The Chicago Bulls' best was a 7-0 run in the second quarter (from 9:57 to 9:04), from 30-27 to 37-27.

With 46 points, this is Karl-Anthony Towns's highest-scoring game of the 2024‑25 regular season.

What were the keys of the last New York Knicks vs Chicago Bulls game?

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Play: Coby White makes free throw 3 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.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Coby White decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3 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 White 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.

13 November 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704785:649; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CHI

LaVine · White · Vucevic · Williams · Dosunmu

Closing lineup · NYK

Bridges · Towns · Anunoby · Hart · Brunson

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CHI

Zach LaVine

36′ · +21

Coby White

36′ · -8

Nikola Vucevic

34′ · +14

Patrick Williams

33′ · +1

Josh Giddey

28′ · +19

Ayo Dosunmu

25′ · -4

Matas Buzelis

12′ · -10

Jalen Smith

14′ · -13

Dalen Terry

10′ · -23

Julian Phillips

11′ · +8

NYK

Mikal Bridges

43′ · +2

Karl-Anthony Towns

39′ · +4

OG Anunoby

36′ · -20

Josh Hart

34′ · +9

Jalen Brunson

34′ · -13

Miles McBride

23′ · +10

Jericho Sims

9′ · -5

Cameron Payne

17′ · +11

Matt Ryan

5′ · -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. CHI and NYK.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Chicago Bulls

White, Williams, Giddey, Vucevic, and LaVine played 13.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 19 points.
Dosunmu, Giddey, Phillips, Vucevic, and LaVine played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Williams, Dosunmu, Phillips, Vucevic, and LaVine played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

New York Knicks

Towns, Anunoby, Hart, Bridges, and Brunson played 17.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Towns, Payne, Hart, Bridges, and McBride played 6.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 16 points.
Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, McBride, and Sims played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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Chicago Bulls

White, Williams, Dosunmu, Vucevic, and LaVine played 4.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
White, Smith, Dosunmu, Terry, and Buzelis played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
White, Williams, Dosunmu, Terry, and Vucevic played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
White, Williams, Smith, Giddey, and LaVine played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Dosunmu, Giddey, Buzelis, Vucevic, and LaVine played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Williams, Smith, Dosunmu, Giddey, and LaVine played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
White, Dosunmu, Buzelis, Vucevic, and LaVine played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
White, Williams, Smith, Giddey, and Phillips played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
White, Williams, Terry, Buzelis, and Vucevic played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

New York Knicks

Anunoby, Hart, Bridges, Brunson, and Sims played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Towns, Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, and McBride played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Towns, Payne, Hart, Ryan, and McBride played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Ryan, and McBride played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Bridges, and Brunson played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Bridges, and McBride played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Towns, Payne, Hart, Bridges, and Brunson played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won 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.

Mikal Bridges covered 5.50 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jalen Brunson touched the ball 101 times, a game high.
Jalen Brunson made 75 passes, a game high.
Nikola Vučević defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Josh Hart had 18 rebound chances, a game high.

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Chicago Bulls

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Zach LaVine	4.51	7.0	71	44
Coby White	4.33	6.8	57	35
Patrick Williams	4.18	7.0	42	30
Nikola Vučević	3.83	6.2	58	42
Josh Giddey	3.49	7.0	58	45
Ayo Dosunmu	3.17	7.0	55	38
Jalen Smith	1.82	7.4	27	23
Matas Buzelis	1.63	7.4	18	10
Dalen Terry	1.46	7.9	19	16
Julian Phillips	1.40	7.4	9	7

New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Mikal Bridges	5.50	7.2	52	33
Karl-Anthony Towns	4.55	6.5	90	51
Jalen Brunson	4.46	7.2	101	75
Josh Hart	4.23	7.0	53	46
OG Anunoby	4.20	6.6	48

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 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Chicago Bulls

Nikola Vučević contested 8.4 shots per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 22 of 388 in the league.
Josh Giddey recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 31 of 388 in the league.
Matas Buzelis defended 4.2 shots at the rim per game over his 77 games, and opponents made 9 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 17 of 138 in the league.

New York Knicks

Josh Hart recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 2 of 388 in the league.
Jalen Brunson drew 0.31 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 3 of 388 in the league.
Cameron Payne drew 0.18 charges per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 10 of 388 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 New York Knicks have won 134 of their 289 games against the Chicago Bulls.

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Game context

Attendance

19.812

100% of capacity

Madison Square Garden · New York

Scoring

247

combined points

19.3 above the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

12 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 01:01.0

Karl-Anthony Towns → Zach LaVine

Towns (NYK) steps laterally into LaVine's (CHI) path on his drive.