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San Antonio Spurs vs. New York Knicks

December 31, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Knicks 134-132 on 2025-12-31 at home. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembanyama, and Stephon Castle. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Mohamed Diawara. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 22 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Julian Champagnie as his primary defender. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 12 points (4/14) in his matchups, with Karl-Anthony Towns as his primary defender.

Box score

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

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 134

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
De'Aaron Fox GS 37:41 26 1 7 3 0 0 1 11-21 1-8 3-4 +7
Julian Champagnie GS 36:10 36 6 0 0 1 1 1 11-17 11-17 3-3 +24
Stephon Castle GS 26:46 5 2 7 0 0 3 3 1-9 0-3 3-6 0
Harrison Barnes GS 25:45 7 6 4 0 0 2 2 2-6 0-1 3-4 +16
Victor Wembanyama GS 23:43 31 13 1 0 1 3 3 10-12 2-2 9-10 +17
Keldon Johnson 31:15 19 8 0 2 0 1 1 5-12 0-2 9-9 -10
Luke Kornet 24:09 7 9 4 0 1 0 0 3-4 0-0 1-2 -14
Dylan Harper 16:20 2 2 0 1 0 1 2 1-6 0-3 0-0 -17
Kelly Olynyk 10:54 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 1-2 +6
Carter Bryant 7:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 -19
Totals 134 48 25 7 3 11 17 44-89 14-38 32-40

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 132

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Brunson GS 35:39 29 4 8 2 0 1 3 10-24 5-12 4-5 -1
Mikal Bridges GS 34:36 13 5 3 1 0 1 2 5-9 3-7 0-0 -16
OG Anunoby GS 34:08 9 5 2 2 1 2 4 3-10 0-5 3-4 -25
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 33:28 20 7 4 1 0 3 6 5-10 2-5 8-8 -15
Mohamed Diawara GS 5:45 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2-5 2-5 0-0 +2
Miles McBride 25:52 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 7-12 4-9 3-3 -1
Jordan Clarkson 24:17 20 2 2 0 0 0 6 8-17 4-6 0-0 +5
Tyler Kolek 15:07 3 3 6 0 0 0 3 1-3 1-2 0-0 +14
Ariel Hukporti 13:41 6 6 1 1 1 1 3 3-4 0-0 0-0 +13
Guerschon Yabusele 9:05 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 +15
Kevin McCullar Jr. 8:21 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -1
Totals 132 40 32 7 2 10 30 46-96 22-52 18-20

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

Lineups

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

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.

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
De'Aaron Fox Mikal Bridges: 30 poss., 13 pts (6/8) · Miles McBride: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Julian Champagnie Jalen Brunson: 28 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Keldon Johnson Jordan Clarkson: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Harrison Barnes Karl-Anthony Towns: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · OG Anunoby: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Stephon Castle Mikal Bridges: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Kolek: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Victor Wembanyama OG Anunoby: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Luke Kornet Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ariel Hukporti: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dylan Harper Miles McBride: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tyler Kolek: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kelly Olynyk Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Carter Bryant Jalen Brunson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin McCullar Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Mikal Bridges De'Aaron Fox: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Julian Champagnie: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Jalen Brunson De'Aaron Fox: 18 poss., 10 pts (4/8) · Stephon Castle: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
OG Anunoby Harrison Barnes: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Kelly Olynyk: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Karl-Anthony Towns Victor Wembanyama: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Luke Kornet: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Miles McBride Julian Champagnie: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Dylan Harper: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jordan Clarkson Keldon Johnson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Stephon Castle: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Tyler Kolek De'Aaron Fox: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Dylan Harper: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti Luke Kornet: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Victor Wembanyama: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevin McCullar Jr. Carter Bryant: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · De'Aaron Fox: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele Keldon Johnson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Carter Bryant: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mohamed Diawara Victor Wembanyama: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · De'Aaron Fox: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)