Spurs (114) vs Knicks (117) · Dec 25, 2024 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Dec 25, 2024

15-15San AntonioSpurs

114

20-10New YorkKnicks

117

Game Recap

The Knicks defeated the Spurs, 117-114, in a thrilling opening to Christmas Day. The Knicks win their 5th straight and improve to 20-10. The Spurs fall to 15-15.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
SAS	27	31	25	31	114
NYK	28	23	37	29	117

SPURS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
40Harrison BarnesSF	17	1-3	0-1	1-2	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	-10
10Jeremy SochanPF	33	8-10	3-3	2-2	9	2	0	0	5	4	21	-12
1Victor WembanyamaC	40	16-31	6-16	4-4	18	4	1	4	4	1	42	+7
3Chris PaulSG	36	4-8	3-6	2-2	6	7	1	0	1	1	13	+6
24Devin VassellPG	35	4-11	1-4	2-2	3	5	0	1	4	1	11	-13
30Julian Champagnie	25	3-7	3-7	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	9	-4
5Stephon Castle	16	2-7	0-1	2-4	2	3	0	0	0	1	6	-4
0Keldon Johnson	17	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	3	2	+5
33Tre Jones	16	3-4	0-0	1-1	1	9	1	0	0	1	7	+10
28Charles Bassey	— did not play —												— did not play —
22Malaki Branham	— did not play —												— did not play —
25Sidy Cissoko	— did not play —												— did not play —
23Zach Collins	— did not play —												— did not play —
54Sandro Mamukelashvili	— did not play —												— did not play —
14Blake Wesley	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		42-8350.6%	16-3842.1%	14-1782.4%	45	33	3	6	15	15	114

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
8OG AnunobySF	35	3-10	2-6	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	2	8	+13
3Josh HartPF	38	4-8	1-3	3-4	12	6	2	0	1	4	12	-1
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	29	9-16	1-5	2-2	9	2	0	0	1	5	21	-13
25Mikal BridgesSG	43	17-25	6-9	1-1	1	4	2	2	0	2	41	+8
11Jalen BrunsonPG	38	7-23	0-5	6-7	7	9	1	0	1	2	20	+4
5Precious Achiuwa	20	2-5	1-3	0-0	10	1	1	1	0	0	5	+14
2Miles McBride	29	2-10	2-6	2-2	3	2	0	0	0	1	8	0
1Cameron Payne	4	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	-10
4Pacome Dadiet	— did not play —												— did not play —
55Ariel Hukporti	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Tyler Kolek	— did not play —												— did not play —
37Matt Ryan	— did not play —												— did not play —
20Landry Shamet	— did not play —												— did not play —
20Jericho Sims	— did not play —												— did not play —
00Jacob Toppin	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL		45-10045.0%	13-3933.3%	14-1687.5%	47	26	7	3	5	17	117

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quartersasnyk

(11:58) Jump Ball Towns vs. Wembanyama: Tip to Sochan
(11:43) Wembanyama Traveling Turnover (P1.T1)
+3 (11:29) Bridges 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Brunson 1 AST)
03
(11:16) MISS Wembanyama 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:14) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:01) Bridges 3' Fadeaway Bank Shot (5 PTS)
05
(10:50) MISS Wembanyama 32' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:48) Barnes REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (10:39) Barnes 4' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Wembanyama 1 AST)
25
+2 (10:26) Bridges 1' Reverse Layup (7 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
27
+2 (10:12) Wembanyama 3' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Sochan 1 AST)
47
+2 (10:00) Hart 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Brunson 2 AST)
49
(10:00) Wembanyama Violation:Defensive Goaltending (S.Corbin)
+2 (9:44) Vassell 4' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
69
(9:44) Anunoby S.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Corbin)
+1 (9:44) Vassell Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
79
(9:33) MISS Brunson 12' Step Back Jump Shot
(9:30) Paul REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:20) Towns S.FOUL (P1.T2) (D.Taylor)
+1 (9:20) Wembanyama Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
89
+1 (9:20) Wembanyama Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
99
(9:07) MISS Anunoby 3' Driving Layup
(9:04) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(9:03) MISS Anunoby 1' Putback Layup
(9:03) Wembanyama BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:03) Sochan REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:58) MISS Paul 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(8:58) Sochan REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:54) Sochan Putback Layup (2 PTS)
119
(8:46) Sochan P.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Corbin)
(8:36) MISS Anunoby 3PT Jump Shot
(8:33) Wembanyama REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:27) MISS Wembanyama 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:24) Brunson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:18) Towns Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Anunoby 1 AST)
1111
(7:53) MISS Barnes 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:52) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(7:45) MISS Towns 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:43) Sochan REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (7:36) Paul 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
1411
(7:14) MISS Hart 2' Driving Layup
(7:14) Wembanyama BLOCK (2 BLK)
(7:11) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (7:10) Anunoby 3' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Hart 2 AST)
1413
+2 (6:53) Sochan 2' Alley Oop Layup (4 PTS) (Wembanyama 2 AST)
1613
(6:37) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(6:34) Wembanyama REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:29) MISS Vassell 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:29) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (6:05) Bridges 6' Floating Jump Shot (9 PTS)
1615
(5:51) MISS Wembanyama 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:49) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(5:43) MISS Anunoby 1' Cutting Dunk Shot
(5:43) Vassell BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:40) Wembanyama REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(5:35) MISS Barnes 3' Driving Layup
(5:33) Hart REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(5:27) MISS Anunoby 3PT Running Jump Shot
(5:25) Hart REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
(5:22) MISS Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:22) Wembanyama REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
(5:08) Barnes OFF.Foul (P1) (T.Brothers)
(5:08) Barnes Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
(5:08) KNICKS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(4:44) MISS McBride 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(4:41) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
+2 (4:38) Brunson 16' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS)
1617
(4:23) Vassell Traveling Turnover (P1.T3)
(4:09) Castle S.FOUL (P1.T2) (D.Taylor)
+1 (4:09) Brunson Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1618
(4:09) MISS Brunson Free Throw 2 of 2
(4:07) Sochan REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(3:54) MISS Vassell 11' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(3:52) Achiuwa REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:39) MISS McBride 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:36) Castle REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:31) MISS Castle 3' Running Layup
(3:31) KNICKS Rebound
(3:12) MISS Brunson 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(3:08) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:3 Def:2)
(3:05) Champagnie S.FOUL (P1.T3) (T.Brothers)
+1 (3:05) Brunson Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
1619
+1 (3:05) Brunson Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1620
+3 (2:48) Champagnie 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Vassell 1 AST)
1920
(2:29) MISS McBride 3' Driving Layup
(2:27) Achiuwa REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:27) Spurs Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (2:21) Brunson 4' Driving Floating Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Achiuwa 1 AST)
1922
(1:58) KNICKS Timeout: Coach Challenge (Full 1 Short 0)
(1:53) MISS Wembanyama 22' Jump Shot
(1:52) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:37) MISS Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:35) Champagnie REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:29) Wembanyama 24' 3PT Running Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
2222
(1:21) Johnson S.FOUL (P1.T4) (S.Corbin)
+1 (1:21) Towns Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
2223
+1 (1:21) Towns Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
2224
(1:09) MISS Wembanyama 15' Jump Shot
(1:07) McBride REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:00) MISS Payne 30' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:58) McBride REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:51) MISS Towns 4' Turnaround Hook Shot
(0:51) Towns REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (0:51) Towns 1' Putback Layup (6 PTS)
2226
(0:42) Bridges S.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Corbin)
(0:42) MISS Castle Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:42) Spurs Rebound
+1 (0:42) Castle Free Throw 2 of 2 (1 PTS)
2326
(0:38) Payne OFF.Foul (P1) (T.Brothers)
(0:38) Payne Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T1)
+3 (0:33) Wembanyama 32' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Jones 2 AST)
2626
+2 (0:12) Towns 3' Fadeaway Jumper (8 PTS) (Payne 1 AST)
2628
(0:07) Towns P.FOUL (P2.PN) (S.Corbin)
(0:07) MISS Castle Free Throw 1 of 2
(0:07) Spurs Rebound
+1 (0:07) Castle Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2728

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

SAS

NYK

114Points117

42-83(50.6%)Field Goal(%)45-100(45.0%)

16-38(42.1%)3-Point(%)13-39(33.3%)

14-17(82.4%)Free Throw(%)14-16(87.5%)

45(8)Rebounds(Offensive)47(17)

33Assists26

3Steals7

6Blocks3

15Turnovers5

15Fouls17

50Pts In The Paint58

22Fast Break Pts13

7Pts Off Turnovers21

24Bench Pts15

9Largest Lead6

Game Details

Wednesday, December 25, 2024 · 12:00 PM

Madison Square Garden · Manhattan, NY

attendance: 19,812 (95.3%)