New York Knicks – Brooklyn Nets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 20 March 2026

NYK93–92BKN

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It was more exciting than 63% 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.

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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.

Karl-Anthony Towns decided it, the New York Knicks player with the most points (26, with 15 rebounds and 1 assists; +7 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was OG Anunoby's (+14). 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 92-93 New York Knicks (March 20, 2026) was hit by Jalen Brunson: a jump shot with 2:19 left in the fourth quarter, putting the New York Knicks up 88-87. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Brooklyn Nets 92-93 New York Knicks (March 20, 2026) was a 17-0 run by the Brooklyn Nets in the fourth quarter (from 9:22 to 3:33), from 70-84 to 87-84. The New York Knicks' best was a 11-0 run in the third quarter (from 2:27 to 5.9 s), from 64-65 to 75-65.

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

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Play: Jalen Brunson makes 10-foot two point shot.

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.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

New York made 307 passes and Brooklyn made 266.
NYK 307266 BKN
New York made 14 of 49 jump shots and Brooklyn made 18 of 55.
NYK14/49
BKN18/55

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · NYK

Brunson · Bridges · Anunoby · Robinson · Diawara

Closing lineup · BKN

Powell · Saraf · Johnson · Agbaji · Minott

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NYK

Jalen Brunson

41′ · +9

Mikal Bridges

36′ · -7

OG Anunoby

35′ · +14

Karl-Anthony Towns

29′ · +7

Landry Shamet

22′ · +5

Mitchell Robinson

24′ · -13

Jordan Clarkson

22′ · -10

Mohamed Diawara

19′ · +10

Jose Alvarado

13′ · -11

Tyler Kolek

0′ · +1

BKN

Drake Powell

25′ · -12

Ziaire Williams

25′ · -2

Danny Wolf

24′ · -5

Nolan Traore

24′ · -2

Nic Claxton

22′ · -5

Ben Saraf

27′ · -6

Chaney Johnson

24′ · +3

Ochai Agbaji

24′ · +13

Josh Minott

26′ · +8

Malachi Smith

19′ · +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

Towns, Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, and Shamet played 14.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, Diawara, and Clarkson played 7.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Towns, Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, and Diawara played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.

Brooklyn Nets

Agbaji, Minott, Smith, Saraf, and Johnson played 18.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Claxton, Williams, Traore, Wolf, and Powell played 16.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Claxton, Williams, Agbaji, Minott, and Traore played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

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New York Knicks

Towns, Anunoby, Alvarado, Diawara, and Clarkson played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Anunoby, Brunson, Robinson, Diawara, and Clarkson played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 11 points.
Anunoby, Brunson, Robinson, Alvarado, and Clarkson played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, and Clarkson played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, and Diawara played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Towns, Bridges, Robinson, Shamet, and Alvarado played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Towns, Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, and Shamet played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Towns, Anunoby, Shamet, Alvarado, and Clarkson played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, and Shamet played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Towns, Anunoby, Brunson, Shamet, and Alvarado played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Bridges, Brunson, Robinson, Alvarado, and Clarkson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Towns, Robinson, Alvarado, Diawara, and Clarkson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Brooklyn Nets

Minott, Traore, Wolf, Saraf, and Powell played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 8 points.
Claxton, Williams, Saraf, Powell, and Johnson played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Williams, Minott, Wolf, Saraf, and Johnson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Williams, Wolf, Saraf, Powell, and Johnson played 1.2 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.

Jalen Brunson covered 4.67 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jalen Brunson touched the ball 108 times, a game high.
Jalen Brunson made 77 passes, a game high.
Nic Claxton defended 8 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 rebound chances, a game high.

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New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jalen Brunson	4.67	6.6	108	77
Mikal Bridges	4.62	7.2	57	47
OG Anunoby	4.18	6.6	46	27
Karl-Anthony Towns	3.17	6.2	65	39
Jordan Clarkson	3.01	7.2	29	21
Landry Shamet	2.93	7.5	31	25
Mitchell Robinson	2.75	6.4	26	18
Mohamed Diawara	2.43	6.8	39	33
Jose Alvarado	1.67	7.1	28	19

Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Ben Saraf	3.36	6.7	53	36
Nolan Traore	3.22	7.6	63	46
Drake Powell	3.19	7.2	31	26
Ziaire Williams	3.17	7.0	24	13
Ochai Agbaji	3.12	7.2	38

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

New York Knicks

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Jalen Brunson	40:38	24.5
Mikal Bridges	35:55	10.0
OG Anunoby	35:05	20.7
Karl-Anthony Towns	28:37	36.1
Mitchell Robinson	23:49	10.3
Jordan Clarkson	21:47	14.3
Landry Shamet	21:37	8.3
Mohamed Diawara

Who guarded whom

Nic Claxton guarded Karl-Anthony Towns for 5.2 minutes, over 21 possessions.
In that time, Karl-Anthony Towns scored 7 points and made 2 of 6 shots.
OG Anunoby guarded Josh Minott for 4.7 minutes, over 21 possessions.
In that time, Josh Minott scored 10 points and made 4 of 4 shots.
Chaney Johnson guarded Mitchell Robinson for 4.6 minutes, over 18 possessions.
In that time, Mitchell Robinson scored 0 points and made 0 of 0 shots.

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New York Knicks defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Anunoby	Minott	4.7	21	10 (4/4)
Brunson	Williams	3.9	19	3 (1/3)
Robinson	Johnson	3.5	13	0 (0/3)
Brunson	Powell	3.5	19	0 (0/0)
Anunoby	Wolf	3.3	17	2 (1/3)
Shamet	Traore	3.3	16	0 (0/2)
Towns	Claxton	3.1	18	0 (0/0)
Alvarado	Saraf	3.1	9	0 (0/1)
Bridges	Powell	2.9	16	0 (0/1)
Bridges	Williams	2.7	15	2 (1/2)
Towns	Johnson	2.5	9	2 (0/1)
Robinson	Claxton	2.1	8	2 (1/2)
Bridges	Agbaji	2.1	6	0 (0/0)

Brooklyn Nets defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Claxton	Towns	5.2	21	7 (2/6)
Johnson	Robinson	4.6	18	0 (0/0)
Powell	Brunson	3.9	21	0 (0/2)
Minott	Anunoby	3.7	18	7 (3/4)
Williams	Bridges	3.6	18	0 (0/0)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

New York Knicks

Jalen Brunson drew 0.39 charges per game over his 74 games.
He ranks 1 of 399 in the league.
OG Anunoby contested 6.9 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 35 of 399 in the league.
Karl-Anthony Towns contested 6.0 shots per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 59 of 399 in the league.

Brooklyn Nets

Ziaire Williams deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 19 of 399 in the league.
Nic Claxton contested 7.3 shots per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 32 of 399 in the league.
Danny Wolf contested 5.4 shots per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 76 of 399 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 56 games against the New York Knicks.

25-31record of the Brooklyn Nets · NBA 2012-13 – 2026-27, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2012-13 – 2026-27. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

18.017

101.6% of capacity

Barclays Center · Brooklyn

Scoring

185

combined points

46.2 below the season average (231.2)

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Ben Saraf	27:23	21.7
Josh Minott	25:47	28.6
Ziaire Williams	25:17	19.3
Drake Powell	24:36	6.8
Chaney Johnson	24:26	14.3
Danny Wolf	24:22	24.1
Nolan Traore	23:59	30.9
Ochai Agbaji	23:54	18.5
Nic Claxton	21:43	17.6
Malachi Smith	18:33	9.8