In a busy and already hot Madison Square Garden, the Knicks have shown that they are already ready to attack the season with an altruistic attack and an ever so aggressive defense. After a 4-0 Pacers, Kemba Walker unlocks the counter of the Knicks who go on with a 12-2. Fournier finds the 3-point target, Walker distributes the game, and off we go for a quiet evening.
Stifled, the Pacers will quickly lose their footing, and New York side, Julius Randle has resumed his good habits, supported by a very good Toppin-Quickley duo. Under the panels, Taj Gibson assured against the tandem Sabonis-Turner, with 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
At +12 at the break (67-55), the Knicks made the break in five minutes after returning from the locker room to lead by 25 points (84-59). Mass is said, and the Pacers will register only 49 points in the second half to lose 125-104.
| Knicks / 125 | Tirs | Rebounds | |
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| Players | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | O | D | T | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | +/- | Pts | Eval |
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| J. Randle | 30 | 7/14 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +17 | 20 | 26 | | T. Gibson | 21 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +22 | 14 | 22 | | K. Walker | 21 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | 12 | 14 | | E. Fournier | 27 | 3/8 | 1/4 | 5/6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +19 | 12 | 10 | | R. Barrett | 25 | 7/14 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +20 | 17 | 16 | | A. Simms | 2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | | J. Sims | 25 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8 | 14 | | O. Toppin | 14 | 4/10 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 10 | 8 | | K. Knox II | 4 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 4 | | D. Rose | 21 | 2/10 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +10 | 8 | 8 | | M. McBride | 6 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | -2 | | A. Burks | 18 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | | I. Quickley | 21 | 4/10 | 0/4 | 2/2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 10 | 18 | | Q. Grimes | 4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | | Total | | 46/99 | 11/37 | 22/24 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | 125 | |
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| Pacers / 104 | Tirs | Rebounds | |
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| Players | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | O | D | T | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | +/- | Pts | Eval |
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| D. Sabonis | 20 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 2/3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 | 6 | 13 | | J. Holiday | 18 | 5/7 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -8 | 13 | 11 | | M. Turner | 18 | 4/7 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -8 | 10 | 12 | | M. Brogdon | 18 | 2/9 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -8 | 5 | 0 | | J. Lamb | 16 | 2/7 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 7 | 14 | | I. Jackson | 13 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -15 | 4 | 7 | | D. Jarreau | 6 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | | T. Craig | 18 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 5 | 8 | | O. Brissett | 16 | 3/9 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -11 | 8 | 5 | | G. Bitadze | 12 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 3 | | T.J. McConnell | 18 | 4/9 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -13 | 10 | 11 | | D. Washington Jr. | 6 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | | K. Sykes | 12 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | | K. Martin | 15 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 6 | 5 | | T. Taylor | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 5 | | N. Hinton | 8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 3 | | C. Duarte | 20 | 5/11 | 2/6 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -12 | 15 | 15 | | Total | | 38/92 | 15/44 | 13/16 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 8 | | 104 | |
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