New York Knicks – Portland Trail Blazers · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 12 March 2025

NYK114–113POR

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 99% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 39 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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.

↑ POR winsNYK wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Mikal Bridges decided it, the New York Knicks player with the most points (33, with 4 rebounds and 4 assists; +2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Karl-Anthony Towns'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 Portland Trail Blazers 113-114 New York Knicks (March 12, 2025) was hit by Mikal Bridges: a three-pointer with 0.1 s left in overtime, putting the New York Knicks up 114-113. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Portland Trail Blazers 113-114 New York Knicks (March 12, 2025) was a 9-0 run by the Portland Trail Blazers in the third quarter (from 5:16 to 4:00), from 58-66 to 67-66. The New York Knicks' best was a 8-0 run in the third quarter (from 9:21 to 7:50), from 53-54 to 61-54.

What were the keys of the last Portland Trail Blazers vs New York Knicks game?

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Play: Mikal Bridges makes 25-foot three pointer (Josh Hart 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.

Mikal Bridges decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 0.1 seconds left in overtime 1, 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 Bridges 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 March 2025 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401705519:758; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · NYK

Anunoby · Hart · Bridges · Towns · McBride

Closing lineup · POR

Sharpe · Avdija · Clingan · Henderson · Murray

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NYK

OG Anunoby

43′ · +8

Josh Hart

42′ · +3

Mikal Bridges

41′ · +2

Karl-Anthony Towns

39′ · +12

Miles McBride

38′ · -5

Landry Shamet

20′ · -7

Mitchell Robinson

19′ · -10

Cameron Payne

15′ · +3

Precious Achiuwa

9′ · -4

POR

Shaedon Sharpe

42′ · +2

Deni Avdija

41′ · -2

Donovan Clingan

34′ · -8

Toumani Camara

34′ · +1

Anfernee Simons

31′ · +1

Scoot Henderson

37′ · 0

Duop Reath

19′ · +4

Kris Murray

15′ · -3

Jabari Walker

11′ · 0

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 POR.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

New York Knicks

Towns, Anunoby, Hart, Bridges, and McBride played 23.2 minutes together.
Hart, Bridges, Robinson, Shamet, and McBride played 5.4 minutes together.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Shamet, and Achiuwa played 3.8 minutes together.

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

Portland Trail Blazers

Avdija, Henderson, Sharpe, Camara, and Clingan played 10.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Simons, Avdija, Sharpe, Camara, and Clingan played 9.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Avdija, Henderson, Sharpe, Camara, and Reath played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

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New York Knicks

Anunoby, Hart, Robinson, Shamet, and McBride played 3.2 minutes together.
Payne, Anunoby, Bridges, Robinson, and Shamet played 2.7 minutes together.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Hart, and Bridges played 2.6 minutes together.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Hart, and Achiuwa played 2.5 minutes together.
Hart, Bridges, Robinson, Achiuwa, and McBride played 2.5 minutes together.
Towns, Hart, Bridges, Shamet, and McBride played 1.9 minutes together.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Bridges, and Robinson played 1.8 minutes together.
Towns, Payne, Anunoby, Robinson, and Shamet played 1.5 minutes together.
Towns, Anunoby, Robinson, Shamet, and McBride played 1.1 minutes together.

Portland Trail Blazers

Simons, Henderson, Walker, Murray, and Clingan played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Simons, Sharpe, Walker, Murray, and Clingan played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Simons, Avdija, Henderson, Sharpe, and Clingan played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Simons, Avdija, Sharpe, Camara, and Reath played 3.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Avdija, Henderson, Sharpe, Murray, and Reath played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Simons, Henderson, Walker, Murray, and Reath played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Simons, Avdija, Henderson, Camara, and Reath played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Simons, Avdija, Henderson, Camara, and Clingan played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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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.

Shaedon Sharpe covered 4.70 km, more than anyone in the game.

Deni Avdija touched the ball 88 times, a game high.
Josh Hart made 74 passes, a game high.
Donovan Clingan defended 11 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Donovan Clingan had 22 rebound chances, a game high.

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New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Mikal Bridges	4.60	6.9	74	47
Josh Hart	4.34	6.3	81	74
Miles McBride	4.30	7.0	71	64
OG Anunoby	4.15	6.0	46	24
Karl-Anthony Towns	3.67	5.9	53	37
Landry Shamet	2.27	7.1	19	17
Mitchell Robinson	1.96	6.6	21	19
Cameron Payne	1.66	6.8	35	32
Precious Achiuwa	1.06	7.2	11	9

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Shaedon Sharpe	4.70	6.8	58	40
Scoot Henderson	4.30	7.2	78	53
Deni Avdija	4.17	6.3	88	65
Toumani Camara	3.93	7.0	33	22
Donovan Clingan	3.60	6.5	40

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.

New York Knicks

Josh Hart recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 2 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.
OG Anunoby deflected 3.3 passes per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 14 of 388 in the league.

Portland Trail Blazers

Toumani Camara drew 0.40 charges per game over his 78 games.
He ranks 1 of 388 in the league.
Donovan Clingan contested 9.7 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 10 of 388 in the league.
Scoot Henderson deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 30 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 Portland Trail Blazers have won 69 of their 127 games against the New York Knicks.

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Game context

Attendance

17.510

90.2% of capacity

Moda Center · Portland

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.

27 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:40.5

Miles McBride → Scoot Henderson

McBride (NYK) grazes the back of Henderson's (POR) head during his shot attempt and the contact is marginal.