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Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks

March 20, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Nets 93-92 on 2026-03-20 on the road against the Nets. The Nets started Nic Claxton, Ziaire Williams, Nolan Traore, Danny Wolf, and Drake Powell. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Landry Shamet. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 16 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Drake Powell as his primary defender. Nolan Traore (Nets) scored 10 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Landry Shamet as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets 92

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ziaire Williams GS 25:17 17 4 1 1 0 0 2 6-10 2-4 3-3 -2
Drake Powell GS 24:36 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 1-4 0-1 0-0 -12
Danny Wolf GS 24:22 8 6 2 1 0 1 6 3-12 2-7 0-0 -5
Nolan Traore GS 23:59 11 2 7 1 2 4 6 3-11 1-3 4-4 -2
Nic Claxton GS 21:43 8 7 0 0 0 2 2 4-7 0-0 0-0 -5
Ben Saraf 27:23 5 3 3 1 0 4 3 2-9 0-1 1-1 -6
Josh Minott 25:47 22 5 2 1 2 3 4 8-13 6-9 0-0 +8
Chaney Johnson 24:26 4 4 6 3 2 1 4 1-6 0-5 2-2 +3
Ochai Agbaji 23:54 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 3-10 2-7 0-0 +13
Malachi Smith 18:33 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 3-4 1-1 0-0 +3
Totals 92 40 28 8 6 15 28 34-86 14-38 10-10

Did not play: Tyson Etienne (DNP - Coach's Decision), E.J. Liddell (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Wilson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 93

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Brunson GS 40:38 17 5 8 2 0 3 1 7-19 1-6 2-4 +9
Mikal Bridges GS 35:55 9 7 2 0 0 1 1 3-7 1-2 2-2 -7
OG Anunoby GS 35:05 16 3 1 2 1 4 2 7-13 1-6 1-2 +14
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 28:37 26 15 1 1 0 4 4 7-16 1-3 11-13 +7
Landry Shamet GS 21:37 3 3 1 2 1 0 1 1-5 1-4 0-0 +5
Mitchell Robinson 23:49 3 10 0 1 3 2 3 1-2 0-0 1-5 -13
Jordan Clarkson 21:47 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 2-5 1-2 4-4 -10
Mohamed Diawara 19:29 8 7 5 0 0 1 0 2-4 2-4 2-2 +10
Jose Alvarado 13:01 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 1-5 0-2 0-0 -11
Tyler Kolek 0:02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 93 52 22 10 5 17 15 31-76 8-29 23-32

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dillon Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Brooklyn Nets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

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.

Nets defense

Defender Guarded most
Ziaire Williams Jalen Brunson: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Mikal Bridges: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Drake Powell Jalen Brunson: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Danny Wolf OG Anunoby: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nolan Traore Landry Shamet: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nic Claxton Karl-Anthony Towns: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mitchell Robinson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ben Saraf Jordan Clarkson: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jose Alvarado: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Minott OG Anunoby: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Mikal Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chaney Johnson Mitchell Robinson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Ochai Agbaji Mohamed Diawara: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malachi Smith Jordan Clarkson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Drake Powell: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ben Saraf: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Mikal Bridges Ziaire Williams: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drake Powell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
OG Anunoby Josh Minott: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Danny Wolf: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Karl-Anthony Towns Nic Claxton: 21 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Chaney Johnson: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Mitchell Robinson Chaney Johnson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Minott: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Landry Shamet Nolan Traore: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ziaire Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Clarkson Ben Saraf: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Malachi Smith: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Nolan Traore: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Danny Wolf: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jose Alvarado Ben Saraf: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Malachi Smith: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)