Game ID: 22400081
Indiana Pacers @ New York Knicks
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 25 36 34 28 123IND 24 21 19 34 98
IND @ NYK ScoutingIND @ NYK Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
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IND availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Que. Jackson missed 2 since 10/27, out tonight
IND availability going into 11/01 · 1 day's restOUT Que. Jackson missed 3 since 10/27, out tonight
10/22 @ BOS 109-132 — NYK notes
NYK lost 109-132. NYK shot 55% (43 of 78) to BOS's 51%, 11 of 30 from three, and went to the line 16 times to BOS's 8 — 12 points from the stripe to their 7. NYK turned it over 11 times to BOS's 3. McBride led with 22 (8 of 10, 4 of 5 from three); Brunson added 22, Bridges 16. Q4 was theirs, 22-19, the deficit cut from 26 to 23, but the other 3 periods went 113-87 against them. Bridges's -33 in 35 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/25 vs IND 123-98 — NYK notes
NYK won 123-98. NYK shot 52% (44 of 84) to IND's 49%, 12 of 27 from three, and went to the line 29 times to IND's 20 — 23 points from the stripe to their 13. The glass went 43-33 for them. Brunson led with 26 (10 of 19, 3 of 5 from three); Bridges added 21, Towns 21. The hinge was Q2, 36-21: a lead of 1 became 16, and the lead reached 33. Brunson was the night's best plus/minus at +36.
11/04 @ HOU — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 109, shooting 42 percent and 34 from three, 26 free throws a game; Green at 23 and Smith Jr. at 15 a game. One day's rest. New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 109, shooting 50 percent and 42 from three, 19 free throws a game; Brunson at 25 and Towns at 22 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Houston wins, and the game turns on the arc, New York at 42 percent from three to Houston's 34 and the line, where Houston takes 26 free throws a game to New York's 19. Call it Houston 113, New York 112, New York keeping it close.
10/23 @ DET 115-109 — IND notes
IND won 115-109. IND shot 51% (42 of 83) to DET's 43%, 9 of 31 from three. Turner led with 20 (7 of 14, 3 of 8 from three); Siakam added 19, Mathurin 19. The hinge was Q4, 33-19: IND came in trailing by 8 and left it ahead by 6. IND trailed 49-58 at the half and won the second half 66-51. Turner was the night's best plus/minus at +20.
10/25 @ NYK 98-123 — IND notes
IND lost 98-123. IND shot 49% (41 of 83) to NYK's 52%, 3 of 30 from three, and got to the line 20 times to NYK's 29. The glass went 33-43 against them. Mathurin led with 20 (8 of 13, 2 of 5 from three); Turner added 13, Siakam 12. Q4 was theirs, 34-28, the deficit cut from 31 to 25, but the other 3 periods went 95-64 against them. Haliburton's -23 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/01 @ NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 113, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Ingram at 22 and McCollum at 19 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Murray (4 straight), Matković (2 straight), Reeves (2 straight). One day's rest. Indiana comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 120, shooting 48 percent and 33 from three, 27 free throws a game; Siakam at 21 and Mathurin at 16 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 113 a night to Indiana's 120. Call it New Orleans 114, Indiana 113, Indiana keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKAH A. Hukporti
CP C. Payne
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JS J. Sims
KT K. Towns
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
OA O. Anunoby
PD P. Dadiet
TK T. Kolek
INDAN A. Nembhard
AN A. Nesmith
BM B. Mathurin
BS B. Sheppard
EF E. Freeman
IJ I. Jackson
JF J. Furphy
JJ J. Johnson
JW J. Walker
MT M. Turner
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
QJ Q. Jackson
TH T. Haliburton
TM T. McConnell
NYK/IND the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Towns, Brunson help Knicks roll to a 123-98 victory over the Pacers in their home opener
NEW YORK -- — Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 15 rebounds in his Knicks home debut, Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and New York routed the Indiana Pacers 123-98 on Friday night.
Mikal Bridges also scored 21 points and Josh Hart had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Knicks, who bounced back powerfully after they were blown out 132-109 in Boston on Tuesday in the NBA season opener.
Indiana All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton was scoreless and went 0 for 7 on 3-pointers, falling to 1 for 16 behind the arc this season. Reserve Bennedict Mathurin scored 20 points.
Takeaways Pacers: Indiana had one of the best offenses in league history last season and set an NBA playoff record by shooting 67.1% from the field in its last trip to Madison Square Garden for a Game 7 victory last season in the Eastern Conference semifinals, so nights like Friday figure to be rare.
Knicks: This was how the Knicks hoped to look on both ends of the floor after the trades for Towns and Bridges. Towns' ability to make 3-pointers had the floor spaced nicely for the guards to drive, and with Bridges, OG Anunoby and Hart on the perimeter, the Pacers struggled to get into any kind of offense.
Key moment The Knicks led by one with 7:29 left in the first half when the Pacers brought four starters back into the game at the same time Brunson returned. New York outscored Indiana 25-10 from there behind six points and four assists from Brunson to lead 61-45 at the break.
Key stat After allowing an NBA record-tying 29 3-pointers in the loss in Boston, the Knicks held the Pacers to 3 for 30 (10%) behind the arc.
Up next The Pacers host Philadelphia on Sunday in their home opener and the Knicks host Cleveland on Monday.