New York Knicks – Memphis Grizzlies · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 28 February 2025

NYK114–113MEM

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 87% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

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↑ MEM winsNYK wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Jalen Brunson decided it, the New York Knicks player with the most points (23, with 7 rebounds and 6 assists; -2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Mitchell Robinson'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 Memphis Grizzlies 113-114 New York Knicks (February 28, 2025) was hit by OG Anunoby: a three-pointer with 5.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the New York Knicks up 114-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Memphis Grizzlies 113-114 New York Knicks (February 28, 2025) was a 9-0 run by the New York Knicks in the second quarter (from 4:07 to 1:53), from 43-52 to 52-52. The Memphis Grizzlies' best was a 7-0 run in the first quarter (from 10:37 to 9:21), from 0-0 to 7-0.

What were the keys of the last Memphis Grizzlies vs New York Knicks game?

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Play: OG Anunoby makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Brunson assists).

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.

OG Anunoby decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 5.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Anunoby 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.

28 February 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705422:680; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · NYK

Anunoby · Bridges · Hart · Robinson · McBride

Closing lineup · MEM

Bane · Jackson · Morant · Aldama · Kennard

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NYK

OG Anunoby

38′ · -4

Jalen Brunson

36′ · -2

Mikal Bridges

33′ · +1

Karl-Anthony Towns

31′ · -10

Josh Hart

29′ · -4

Mitchell Robinson

12′ · +11

Miles McBride

28′ · +9

Landry Shamet

16′ · -2

Precious Achiuwa

4′ · 0

Cameron Payne

12′ · +6

MEM

Desmond Bane

35′ · +6

Jaren Jackson Jr.

34′ · +5

Ja Morant

31′ · +8

Zach Edey

24′ · +5

Jaylen Wells

22′ · +9

Vince Williams Jr.

20′ · -19

Santi Aldama

21′ · -5

Brandon Clarke

17′ · -7

Scotty Pippen Jr.

12′ · -6

Luke Kennard

24′ · -1

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 MEM.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

New York Knicks

Towns, Anunoby, Hart, Bridges, and Brunson played 15.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Shamet, and McBride played 6.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, and McBride played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jackson, Morant, Bane, Edey, and Wells played 10.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 15 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Bane, Edey, and Wells played 7.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Morant, Clarke, Aldama, Pippen, and Williams played 5.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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New York Knicks

Hart, Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, and McBride played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Anunoby, Hart, Bridges, Brunson, and Robinson played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Towns, Hart, Bridges, Brunson, and McBride played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Payne, Anunoby, Shamet, Achiuwa, and McBride played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Towns, Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, and McBride played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Towns, Hart, Brunson, Shamet, and McBride played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Payne, Anunoby, Robinson, Shamet, and McBride played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Towns, Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, and Shamet played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hart, Brunson, Shamet, Achiuwa, and McBride played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.

Memphis Grizzlies

Kennard, Clarke, Aldama, Pippen, and Williams played 4.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Jackson, Morant, Bane, Aldama, and Williams played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Morant, Bane, and Edey played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Kennard, Jackson, Clarke, Bane, and Wells played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Morant, Clarke, Bane, Aldama, and Williams played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Jackson, Morant, Bane, Williams, and Edey played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Morant, Aldama, and Williams played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Bane, Aldama, and Pippen played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Kennard, Jackson, Clarke, Bane, and Williams played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Kennard, Morant, Bane, Aldama, and Edey played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 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.

This is how the NBA's cameras measured the players in this game.

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New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h
Josh Hart	0.02	5.9
Mikal Bridges	0.02	6.1
Jalen Brunson	0.02	6.6
Mitchell Robinson	0.02	4.2
Miles McBride	0.02	5.6

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	km	km/h	Passes
Ja Morant	0.02	4.1	0
Brandon Clarke	0.02	5.9	0
Santi Aldama	0.02	7.5	0
Scotty Pippen Jr.	0.02	5.0	0
Vince Williams Jr.	0.02	7.9

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor. The cameras did not capture 9 players who played five minutes or more; they are not in the list.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

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.

Memphis Grizzlies

Jaren Jackson Jr. defended 4.7 shots at the rim per game over his 73 games, and opponents made 14 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 4 of 138 in the league.
Zach Edey contested 7.7 shots per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 27 of 388 in the league.
Scotty Pippen Jr. deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 33 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 Memphis Grizzlies have won 26 of their 48 games against the New York Knicks.

26-22record of the Memphis Grizzlies · NBA 2001-02 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2001-02 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

17.794

100% of capacity

FedExForum · Memphis

Scoring

227

combined points

0.7 below the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

20 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors

⚠️ Optical tracking did not capture every player in this game.