National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New York 105,
New Orleans 103
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 30, 2017
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #72 J.T. Orr, #11 Derrick Collins, #49 Tom Washington
Attendance: 16947
Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #72 J.T. Orr, #11 Derrick Collins, #49 Tom Washington
Attendance: 16947
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New York | 28 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 105 |
| New Orleans | 21 | 24 | 33 | 25 | 103 |
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Courtney Lee - G | 35:34 | 4-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Jarrett Jack - G | 24:01 | 5-13 | 1-2 | 4-4 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Kristaps Porzingis - F | 31:44 | 11-22 | 1-5 | 7-8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| Lance Thomas - F | 17:36 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Enes Kanter - C | 19:58 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Frank Ntilikina | 28:39 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Doug McDermott | 22:12 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Michael Beasley | 20:27 | 6-14 | 0-1 | 3-5 | -2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Kyle O'Quinn | 15:26 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Joakim Noah | 12:36 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ron Baker | 9:06 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Sessions | 2:41 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willy Hernangomez | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-94 | 5-19 | 18-21 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 105 | |
| 43.6% | 26.3% | 85.7% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 7 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Pelicans
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rajon Rondo - G | 34:01 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Jrue Holiday - G | 33:33 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Anthony Davis - F | 36:20 | 11-24 | 0-4 | 9-12 | -3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 31 |
| E'Twaun Moore - F | 30:18 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| DeMarcus Cousins - C | 40:03 | 9-19 | 3-6 | 8-9 | -3 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Darius Miller | 32:03 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 3-3 | -7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Dante Cunningham | 14:29 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Clark | 11:32 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jameer Nelson | 7:41 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Omer Asik | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Cheick Diallo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-84 | 6-26 | 21-27 | 4 | 44 | 48 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 103 | |
| 45.2% | 23.1% | 77.8% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NY | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| New York | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 11 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| Points in the Paint | 60 | Points in the Paint | 58 |
| Biggest Lead | 16 | Biggest Lead | 8 |