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New York Knicks vs. Washington Wizards

March 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Wizards 145-113 on 2026-03-22 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Wizards started Bilal Coulibaly, Tristan Vukčević, Bub Carrington, Jamir Watkins, and Will Riley. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 19 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Karl-Anthony Towns as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Bilal Coulibaly as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 145

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Mikal Bridges GS 29:37 14 0 6 0 0 1 1 6-11 2-4 0-0 +28
OG Anunoby GS 29:17 9 2 0 0 0 4 0 3-7 1-3 2-2 +13
Jalen Brunson GS 28:21 23 0 4 1 0 2 2 9-19 2-5 3-3 +24
Josh Hart GS 27:32 16 6 4 2 0 2 1 5-9 3-3 3-3 +24
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 25:37 26 16 3 1 0 2 2 9-13 1-2 7-7 +16
Jordan Clarkson 22:50 8 3 4 1 0 1 2 4-6 0-1 0-0 +3
Mohamed Diawara 19:49 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 4-6 3-4 1-2 +3
Mitchell Robinson 16:45 10 10 1 0 2 0 0 5-5 0-0 0-0 +14
Jose Alvarado 16:12 8 2 8 1 0 0 1 3-7 2-4 0-0 +2
Jeremy Sochan 8:15 8 6 1 0 0 0 1 3-4 0-0 2-2 +9
Tyler Kolek 5:24 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 4-4 3-3 0-0 +6
Ariel Hukporti 3:27 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +6
Pacôme Dadiet 3:27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 +6
Dillon Jones 3:27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 +6
Totals 145 48 32 6 2 14 12 55-94 17-32 18-19

Did not play: Trey Jemison III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bub Carrington GS 34:17 14 1 8 2 0 3 2 4-9 1-4 5-8 -33
Jamir Watkins GS 30:43 5 6 2 3 0 0 4 2-10 1-7 0-0 -20
Will Riley GS 29:27 11 1 4 0 0 2 0 4-9 1-6 2-2 -16
Bilal Coulibaly GS 29:04 13 5 2 3 2 3 1 5-12 1-3 2-3 -21
Tristan Vukcevic GS 15:08 13 1 1 0 0 1 3 5-9 3-6 0-0 -14
Sharife Cooper 29:08 11 3 6 0 2 0 1 5-10 1-3 0-0 -23
Jaden Hardy 29:05 25 3 1 0 0 1 3 9-18 7-13 0-0 -12
Anthony Gill 26:25 18 5 0 3 0 3 5 8-10 2-4 0-0 -20
Leaky Black 16:43 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 1-2 1-1 0-0 -1
Totals 113 28 25 12 4 14 20 43-89 18-47 9-13

Did not play: Justin Champagnie (DND_LEAGUE_SUSPENSION), Tre Johnson (DND - Injury/Illness), Alex Sarr (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Mikal Bridges Bub Carrington: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Will Riley: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jalen Brunson Jamir Watkins: 22 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Bub Carrington: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Josh Hart Bub Carrington: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Riley: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
OG Anunoby Bilal Coulibaly: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jamir Watkins: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Karl-Anthony Towns Tristan Vukcevic: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Anthony Gill: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Jordan Clarkson Jaden Hardy: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Sharife Cooper: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Jaden Hardy: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Leaky Black: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson Anthony Gill: 18 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Jamir Watkins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado Sharife Cooper: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jaden Hardy: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremy Sochan Will Riley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bub Carrington: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyler Kolek Will Riley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Hardy: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ariel Hukporti Anthony Gill: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bub Carrington: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dillon Jones Sharife Cooper: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pacôme Dadiet Jaden Hardy: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Riley: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
Bub Carrington Mikal Bridges: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Josh Hart: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jamir Watkins OG Anunoby: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Sharife Cooper Jose Alvarado: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jordan Clarkson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bilal Coulibaly Jalen Brunson: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · OG Anunoby: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaden Hardy Jordan Clarkson: 11 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Mohamed Diawara: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Will Riley Josh Hart: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mohamed Diawara: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Anthony Gill Mitchell Robinson: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Leaky Black OG Anunoby: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Brunson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan Vukcevic Karl-Anthony Towns: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Mitchell Robinson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)