Knicks (139) vs Suns (122) · Dec 15, 2023 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Dec 15, 2023

Game Recap

Jalen Brunson recorded a new career-high 50 points for the Knicks as they defeated the Suns, 139-122. Brunson went 9/9 on 3PM and added nine assists and a career high five steals for the Knicks, with Julius Randle adding 23 points, eight rebounds, and six assists in the victory. Kevin Durant tallied 29 points and six assists for the Suns in the losing effort. The Knicks improve to 14-10 in the regular season, while the Suns fall to 13-12.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NYK	31	32	34	42	139
PHX	30	38	31	23	122

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
9RJ BarrettSF	28	6-10	1-2	8-8	2	3	0	1	1	2	21	0
30Julius RandlePF	35	10-16	1-3	2-2	8	6	0	1	5	4	23	+4
45Jericho SimsC	17	2-4	0-0	1-1	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	-12
0Donte DiVincenzoSG	19	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	0	4	5	-13
11Jalen BrunsonPG	35	17-23	9-9	7-9	6	9	5	0	2	0	50	+7
3Josh Hart	28	3-8	0-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	+34
55Isaiah Hartenstein	30	2-2	0-0	3-4	8	2	1	3	2	3	7	+29
5Immanuel Quickley	24	3-8	1-3	3-4	5	3	2	0	1	2	10	+28
6Quentin Grimes	14	3-7	3-6	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	9	+12
67Taj Gibson	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
51Ryan Arcidiacono	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1
2Miles McBride	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-1
8DaQuan Jeffries	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
13Evan Fournier	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		49-8259.8%	17-2958.6%	24-2885.7%	38	28	9	5	11	20	139

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
8Grayson AllenSF	35	5-5	2-2	1-1	2	1	2	1	2	4	13	-13
35Kevin DurantPF	35	10-21	4-9	5-7	3	6	0	0	0	1	29	-7
20Jusuf NurkicC	29	9-13	1-2	2-2	12	2	1	0	3	2	21	+5
3Bradley BealSG	4	2-2	1-1	1-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	+3
1Devin BookerPG	36	11-26	1-5	5-6	2	9	0	0	3	4	28	-18
25Nassir Little	25	2-5	1-3	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	2	5	-5
0Jordan Goodwin	23	1-5	1-3	0-0	3	9	0	0	1	3	3	-14
18Yuta Watanabe	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Drew Eubanks	15	3-4	0-0	2-2	3	0	1	2	1	1	8	-13
21Keita Bates-Diop	13	2-5	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	-13
4Chimezie Metu	9	1-3	0-2	1-2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	-12
11Bol Bol	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	+2


TOTAL		47-9052.2%	11-2839.3%	17-2181.0%	33	30	4	3	11	17	122

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarternykphx

(11:57) Jump Ball Nurkic vs. Sims: Tip to Barrett
+2 (11:46) Brunson 10' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (2 PTS) (DiVincenzo 1 AST)
20
(11:31) MISS Booker 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:28) Sims REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:21) Randle 14' Fadeaway Jumper (2 PTS)
40
+2 (11:06) Nurkic 3' Layup (2 PTS) (Beal 1 AST)
42
(10:46) MISS Randle 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:43) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:35) Allen 1' Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Nurkic 1 AST)
44
(10:15) MISS Barrett 10' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(10:12) Sims REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (10:11) Sims 1' Putback Layup (2 PTS)
64
(10:11) Nurkic S.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Buchert)
+1 (10:11) Sims Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
74
(9:50) MISS Booker 3PT Jump Shot
(9:46) Randle REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:35) DiVincenzo 4' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
94
(9:17) MISS Durant 17' Jump Shot
(9:15) Randle REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:03) MISS Brunson 12' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(8:59) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:56) MISS Booker 17' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(8:52) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:47) MISS Randle 7' Floating Jump Shot
(8:44) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (8:41) Booker 1' Running Layup (2 PTS)
96
(8:41) DiVincenzo S.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Buchert)
+1 (8:41) Booker Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
97
(8:30) MISS Brunson 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(8:26) Durant REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:19) Beal 2' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Durant 1 AST)
99
+3 (8:10) DiVincenzo 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Randle 1 AST)
129
+2 (7:50) Booker 21' Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1211
(7:37) Brunson Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
+3 (7:28) Beal 27' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Booker 1 AST)
1214
(7:28) DiVincenzo FLAGRANT.FOUL.TYPE1 (P2.T2) (N.Buchert)
+1 (7:28) Beal Free Throw Flagrant 1 of 1 (6 PTS)
1215
(7:15) MISS Durant 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:12) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(7:10) Nurkic Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(7:10) DiVincenzo STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:57) Brunson 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Randle 2 AST)
1415
+2 (6:45) Nurkic Driving Dunk (4 PTS) (Booker 2 AST)
1417
+3 (6:27) Barrett 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
1717
(6:07) MISS Durant 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:05) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(6:05) Sims S.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Twardoski)
(6:05) SUNS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+1 (6:05) Nurkic Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
1718
+1 (6:05) Nurkic Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
1719
+2 (5:51) Barrett 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Brunson 3 AST)
1919
(5:48) Allen Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(5:48) Brunson STEAL (1 STL)
(5:42) Barrett Traveling Turnover (P1.T2)
(5:34) Booker Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(5:34) Brunson STEAL (2 STL)
(5:27) MISS Hart 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:23) SUNS Rebound
+2 (5:14) Booker 16' Pullup Jump Shot (7 PTS)
1921
(5:08) Booker S.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Twardoski)
+1 (5:08) Barrett Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
2021
+1 (5:08) Barrett Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
2121
(4:57) Booker Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T4)
(4:57) Hartenstein STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (4:44) Hart 10' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Randle 3 AST)
2321
(4:42) SUNS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(4:27) MISS Booker 12' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:25) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (4:19) Brunson 1' Running Layup (6 PTS)
2521
(4:07) MISS Durant 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(4:04) Hartenstein REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:57) Randle 4' Driving Layup (4 PTS) (Quickley 1 AST)
2721
+3 (3:38) Allen 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Booker 3 AST)
2724
(3:24) MISS Brunson 4' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(3:20) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:4)
(3:11) Nurkic Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T5)
(3:11) Brunson STEAL (3 STL)
+2 (3:00) Randle 6' Driving Layup (6 PTS)
2924
(2:37) MISS Booker 20' Fadeaway Jumper
(2:34) Hartenstein REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(2:23) MISS Hart 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:20) Little REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (2:08) Durant 11' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2926
+2 (1:49) Randle 14' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS)
3126
+3 (1:31) Nurkic 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (Durant 2 AST)
3129
(1:12) MISS Brunson 9' Pullup Jump Shot
(1:10) Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:5)
(1:04) Randle S.FOUL (P1.T4) (E.Malloy)
(1:04) MISS Durant Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:04) SUNS Rebound
+1 (1:04) Durant Free Throw 2 of 2 (3 PTS)
3130
(1:00) MISS Quickley 29' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:54) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(0:47) Randle Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T3)
(0:47) Eubanks STEAL (1 STL)
(0:30) MISS Little 3PT Jump Shot
(0:26) Quickley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:25) Randle Non-Unsportsmanlike Tech Foul - Flopping (P1.T4) (N.Buchert)
(0:25) MISS Durant Free Throw Technical
(0:25) Knicks Rebound
(0:06) MISS Randle 25' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:02) Bates-Diop REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)

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Team Stats

NYK

PHX

139Points122

49-82(59.8%)Field Goal(%)47-90(52.2%)

17-29(58.6%)3-Point(%)11-28(39.3%)

24-28(85.7%)Free Throw(%)17-21(81.0%)

38(9)Rebounds(Offensive)33(10)

28Assists30

9Steals4

5Blocks3

11Turnovers11

20Fouls17

56Pts In The Paint60

11Fast Break Pts7

20Pts Off Turnovers20

35Bench Pts25

20Largest Lead10

Game Details

Friday, December 15, 2023 · 9:00 PM

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