Stats & Highlights | The Knicks qualify, the Nets and Cavaliers fall by the wayside

The Knicks did well to win largely against the Hornets. Their victory coupled with a favorable “point average” allows them to qualify for the quarter-finals of the NBA tournament. The New Yorkers finished 2nd in their group B behind the Bucks, and benefited from a better points differential (+42) compared to teams with the same record (3 wins – 1 defeat).

This success for the Knicks bears the mark of Julius Randle’s big game, in a double “double-double” (25 points, 20 rebounds and 5 assists), supported by the contributions of the Immanuel Quickley – Josh Hart tandem, 40 points between them. The Hornets, deprived of LaMelo Ball, were led by rookie Brandon Miller (18 points).

The decisive “point average”

In group A, where the Pacers were already qualified, the Cavs (3v-1d) of Donovan Mitchell (40 points and 11 rebounds) and Evan Mobley (17 points, 19 rebounds and 7 blocks) pulled out all the stops to crush the Hawks. But their big victory was not enough for them to overtake their tormentors from the last playoffs in terms of points difference (+29).

Similar atmosphere for the Nets who, in a hyper indecisive Group C, failed in 3rd place despite their success against the Raptors. Mikal Bridges (22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists) and Spencer Dinwiddie (23 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists) would have needed to score a few additional baskets to qualify. “ It would have been nice to go to Las Vegas, but that’s how it is “, put Nic Claxton into perspective.

Boston–Chicago
Miami–Milwaukee
Minnesota–Oklahoma City
Dallas–Houston
Sacramento – Golden State

Brooklyn – Toronto: 115-103

Brooklyn / 115 Shots Rebounds Players Min Shots 3pts L.F. O D T Pd Party Int Bp Ct +/- Pts Eval D. Finney-Smith 26 2/9 1/4 0/0 5 4 9 2 4 1 0 1 +10 5 11 C.Johnson 27 6/11 1/4 5/5 1 8 9 3 1 0 2 0 +8 18 23 Mr. Bridges 38 9/17 1/3 3/3 1 9 10 5 3 0 5 0 +15 22 24 N. Claxton 32 7/10 0/0 1/4 2 6 8 0 1 1 0 4 +20 15 22 S. Dinwiddie 38 5/18 3/11 10/10 1 8 9 8 0 4 1 0 +15 23 30 R. O’Neale 31 6/12 6/12 0/0 2 5 7 4 5 1 1 2 +15 18 25 T. Watford 11 1/2 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 -8 2 -1 D. Sharpe 15 2/4 0/0 1/1 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 0 -13 5 10 L.Walker IV 23 2/6 1/4 2/3 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 -2 7 3 40/89 13/38 22/26 13 46 59 26 17 7 15 8 115 147

Toronto / 103 Shots Rebounds Players Min Shots 3pts L.F. O D T Pd Party Int Bp Ct +/- Pts Eval P.Siakam 35 6/18 0/4 5/7 2 8 10 2 2 1 2 0 -14 17 14 OG Anunoby 37 4/12 2/6 0/0 2 1 3 2 3 0 2 0 -14 10 5 S.Barnes 36 5/19 3/7 4/5 4 7 11 6 4 3 1 0 -22 17 21 J. Poeltl 25 3/5 0/0 0/0 3 6 9 4 2 1 1 2 0 6 19 D.Schroder 32 5/15 2/5 2/3 1 4 5 9 3 1 0 0 -2 14 18 C. Boucher 12 5/7 3/4 0/0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 +8 13 13 J. McDaniels 13 2/4 1/1 0/0 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 +2 5 9 P. Achiuwa 10 0/4 0/2 1/4 1 2 3 1 3 1 1 0 -2 1 -2 Mr Flynn 16 2/5 1/3 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -10 5 3 G. Trent Jr. 25 7/12 1/4 0/0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 -6 15 14 39/101 13/36 12/19 15 31 46 27 21 11 7 3 103 114

How to read the stats? Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive rebound; T = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Point differential when the player is on the field; Pts = Points; Eval: player evaluation calculated from positive actions – negative actions.

Cleveland – Atlanta: 128-105

Cleveland / 128 Shots Rebounds Players Min Shots 3pts L.F. O D T Pd Party Int Bp Ct +/- Pts Eval E. Mobley 34 8/11 1/1 0/0 5 14 19 1 4 0 1 7 +25 17 40 J. Allen 30 5/6 0/0 1/1 1 7 8 2 4 0 0 0 +16 11 20 D.Garland 38 7/15 2/5 3/4 1 1 2 8 1 2 2 0 +22 19 20 D.Mitchell 35 14/25 3/11 9/9 2 9 11 5 3 3 6 1 +29 40 43 Mr. Strus 35 4/11 3/7 0/0 2 1 3 7 2 2 0 2 +30 11 18 G. Niang 19 4/9 2/6 2/2 0 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 -10 12 14 I. Okoro 16 3/6 0/1 0/1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 -3 6 8 C. LeVert 30 4/8 2/5 0/0 0 3 3 1 3 1 4 0 +14 10 7 C. Porter 3 1/2 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -8 2 -1 50/93 13/36 15/17 12 43 55 27 20 8 16 12 128 169

Atlanta / 105 Shots Rebounds Players Min Shots 3pts L.F. O D T Pd Party Int Bp Ct +/- Pts Eval D.Hunter 26 5/12 1/6 7/7 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 0 -18 18 17 S. Bey 32 5/8 2/4 2/2 1 3 4 3 4 2 0 0 -22 14 20 C. Capela 22 6/10 0/0 2/2 6 3 9 0 1 2 2 2 -24 14 21 T. Young 32 3/14 2/8 5/6 0 1 1 10 3 1 3 0 -27 13 10 D.Murray 31 5/14 3/7 0/0 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 1 -21 13 8 B.Fernando 4 1/6 0/0 0/0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 -1 O.Okongwu 22 4/8 1/1 4/5 2 7 9 2 0 0 0 0 +1 13 19 A.Griffin 15 0/8 0/4 0/0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 0 -7 W. Matthews 16 0/3 0/3 0/0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 +1 0 2 B. Bogdanovic 31 6/16 4/10 2/2 1 5 6 1 2 2 1 0 -3 18 16 G. Mathews 4 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T.Forrest 4 0/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 35/101 13/44 22/24 14 30 44 21 16 9 10 3 105 104

How to read the stats? Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive rebound; T = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Point differential when the player is on the field; Pts = Points; Eval: player evaluation calculated from positive actions – negative actions.

New York – Charlotte: 115-91

new York / 115 Shots Rebounds Players Min Shots 3pts L.F. O D T Pd Party Int Bp Ct +/- Pts Eval J. Randle 34 8/15 2/7 7/8 4 16 20 5 2 2 4 0 +27 25 40 Mr. Robinson 33 3/6 0/0 0/0 5 5 10 0 1 2 4 6 +18 6 17 J.Brunson 34 5/9 2/5 0/1 1 2 3 7 3 3 2 0 +20 12 18 R. Barrett 28 3/13 1/4 9/9 0 3 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 16 11 Q. Grimes 19 2/4 2/3 0/0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 +2 6 5 I. Hartenstein 14 2/3 0/0 0/0 3 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 +7 4 11 J.Sims 2 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 Mr McBride 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 J.Hart 30 7/10 2/3 1/1 1 5 6 2 2 1 1 1 +25 17 23 D. Jeffries 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 D.DiVincenzo 19 2/8 2/6 0/0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 +3 6 1 I. Quickley 26 9/20 4/10 1/1 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 +21 23 15 41/88 15/38 18/20 15 39 54 21 12 10 16 7 115 142

Charlotte / 91 Shots Rebounds Players Min Shots 3pts L.F. O D T Pd Party Int Bp Ct +/- Pts Eval B.Miller 36 7/18 4/8 0/0 0 3 3 2 2 1 3 0 -24 18 10 G. Hayward 28 2/7 0/2 0/0 2 4 6 6 1 0 2 0 -3 4 9 Mr. Bridges 32 5/12 2/3 1/2 0 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 -22 13 12 Mr. Williams 25 5/9 0/0 2/2 6 6 12 0 2 1 0 0 -7 12 21 T. Rozier 33 5/16 0/3 1/1 0 2 2 5 0 1 3 0 -10 11 5 PJ Washington 27 4/10 3/8 0/2 3 5 8 3 3 1 3 1 -13 11 13 L.Black 5 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0 1 J.Thor 13 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 -8 0 1 I. Smith 14 2/3 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 -17 4 2 T. Maledon 5 0/2 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 J. Bouknight 5 2/3 1/2 0/0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 5 5 B. McGowens 13 2/5 1/2 0/0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 -12 5 5 N. Smith Jr. 5 3/4 2/2 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 8 7 Total 37/89 13/31 4/7 13 28 41 21 14 8 17 2 91 91

How to read the stats? Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive rebound; T = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Point differential when the player is on the field; Pts = Points; Eval: player evaluation calculated from positive actions – negative actions.