Karmane/knicks-finals-player-trends-and-matchup-dataset

Knicks Finals Player Trends and Matchup Dataset

A Knicks-specific player-game analytics dataset built for playoff and NBA Finals research during the 2025-26 season.

Each row represents one New York Knicks player in one Knicks game. The table combines official player game logs, official team game logs, official box score context, playoff-series state, Finals matchup context, rest effects, home-away context, official advanced rates, and rolling recent-form features so analysts do not need to manually join those layers themselves.

The dataset is designed for sports analytics research, dashboard building, historical comparison, player trend monitoring, matchup analysis, responsible player prop-style research, and exploratory modeling. It does not provide betting advice, does not guarantee predictive accuracy, and should be treated as descriptive public-data research infrastructure rather than a guaranteed edge.

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season	season_type	game_date	game_id	game_datetime_utc	team	team_name	opponent	opponent_name	is_knicks	is_playoff_game	playoff_round	playoff_round_number	series_name	series_game_number	series_home_away	series_score_entering_game	series_score_after_game	is_finals_game	is_spurs_matchup	is_elimination_game	days_rest	rest_bucket	home_away	venue	result	team_points	opponent_points	point_margin	possessions_estimate	pace_estimate	player_id	player_name	position	starter_flag	minutes	minutes_str	points	rebounds	offensive_rebounds	defensive_rebounds	assists	steals	blocks	turnovers	personal_fouls	field_goals_made	field_goals_attempted	field_goal_pct	three_pointers_made	three_pointers_attempted	three_point_pct	free_throws_made	free_throws_attempted	free_throw_pct	plus_minus	true_shooting_pct	effective_field_goal_pct	official_usage_pct	usage_proxy	shot_volume_proxy	points_per_minute	rebounds_per_minute	assists_per_minute	scoring_role_bucket	minutes_role_bucket	rolling_3_game_minutes_avg	rolling_5_game_minutes_avg	rolling_3_game_points_avg	rolling_5_game_points_avg	rolling_3_game_rebounds_avg	rolling_5_game_rebounds_avg	rolling_3_game_assists_avg	rolling_5_game_assists_avg	rolling_3_game_three_attempts_avg	rolling_5_game_three_attempts_avg	rolling_3_game_free_throw_attempts_avg	rolling_5_game_free_throw_attempts_avg	rolling_3_game_usage_proxy_avg	rolling_5_game_usage_proxy_avg	season_minutes_avg_before_game	season_points_avg_before_game	season_rebounds_avg_before_game	season_assists_avg_before_game	minutes_change_vs_season_avg	points_change_vs_season_avg	player_points_home_avg_before_game	player_points_away_avg_before_game	player_minutes_home_avg_before_game	player_minutes_away_avg_before_game	player_points_same_rest_bucket_avg_before_game	player_minutes_same_rest_bucket_avg_before_game	player_regular_season_minutes_avg	player_regular_season_points_avg	player_regular_season_rebounds_avg	player_regular_season_assists_avg	playoff_minutes_change_vs_regular_season_avg	playoff_points_change_vs_regular_season_avg	role_change_flag	hot_cold_scoring_flag	increased_minutes_flag	increased_shot_volume_flag	data_refresh_date	data_refresh_datetime_utc	source_last_checked_datetime_utc	last_refresh_timestamp	latest_game_date_in_dataset	latest_knicks_game_included	latest_finals_game_included	next_scheduled_game_date	update_status	source_url	source_url_playergamelogs	source_url_teamgamelogs	source_url_boxscore_traditional	source_url_boxscore_advanced	source_url_series_page	source_domain
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1630574	Ariel Hukporti	C	1	17.75	17:45	2	5	1	4	2	0	1	1	3	1	2	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-4	0.5	0.5	0.073	2.85714	2	0.112676	0.28169	0.112676	Very low-volume scorer	Bench																											9.22151	2.16667	2.94444	0.537037			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1627824	Guerschon Yabusele		0	12.0333	12:02	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.069	1.90476	2	0	0.0831025	0	Very low-volume scorer	Bench																											8.91878	2.73171	2.12195	0.439024			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1628973	Jalen Brunson	PG	1	34.385	34:23	23	4	0	4	5	0	0	2	3	5	18	0.278	1	9	0.111	12	13	0.923	6	0.485	0.306	0.31	24.4952	23.72	0.668896	0.11633	0.145412	Primary scorer	Primary high-minutes																											34.9974	26.0405	3.33784	6.7973			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	203903	Jordan Clarkson	G	0	13.1517	13:09	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	7	0.286	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.286	0.286	0.241	6.66667	7	0.304144	0.076036	0.076036	Low-volume scorer	Bench																											17.7703	8.63889	1.76389	1.33333			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1626157	Karl-Anthony Towns	PF	1	30.9917	30:60	19	11	1	10	2	0	0	3	4	5	12	0.417	1	4	0.25	8	9	0.889	2	0.595	0.458	0.243	18.0571	15.96	0.613068	0.354934	0.0645335	Secondary scorer	Core rotation																											30.9571	20.0533	11.8533	3.01333			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1629013	Landry Shamet	G	0	13.8233	13:49	9	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	4	0.5	2	3	0.667	3	3	1	-5	0.846	0.75	0.171	6.01905	5.32	0.651073	0.144683	0.0723415	Complementary scorer	Bench																											22.9619	9.31373	1.80392	1.41176			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1628969	Mikal Bridges	SG	1	33.2	33:12	16	5	1	4	6	3	2	0	3	6	11	0.545	1	3	0.333	3	3	1	1	0.649	0.591	0.146	11.7333	12.32	0.481928	0.150602	0.180723	Secondary scorer	Core rotation																											32.8285	14.4024	3.80488	3.70732			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1630540	Miles McBride	G	0	25.8667	25:52	15	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	4	7	0.571	4	6	0.667	3	4	0.75	17	0.856	0.857	0.169	10.2476	8.76	0.579897	0.0773196	0.0386598	Secondary scorer	Rotation																											26.3423	11.9756	2.43902	2.58537			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1628384	OG Anunoby	SF	1	37.5	37:30	24	14	2	12	2	3	1	4	0	9	17	0.529	4	9	0.444	2	4	0.5	10	0.64	0.647	0.25	21.6762	18.76	0.64	0.373333	0.0533333	Primary scorer	Primary high-minutes																											33.1921	16.6866	5.23881	2.16418			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1641998	Trey Jemison III	C	0	7.68333	7:41	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.260304	0	Very low-volume scorer	Deep bench																											6.27603	1	1.38462	0.384615			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-22 00:00:00	0022500003	2025-10-22 23:00:00	NYK	New York Knicks	CLE	Cleveland Cavaliers	1	0								0	0	0		Season opener	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	119	111	8	105	105	1642278	Tyler Kolek	G	0	13.615	13:37	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	6	0.5	1	3	0.333	0	0	0	2	0.583	0.583	0.188	5.71429	6	0.514139	0.0734484	0.146897	Low-volume scorer	Bench																											11.7284	4.41935	1.58065	2.74194			0	no_history	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/cle-vs-nyk-0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500003	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500003	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com
2025-26	Regular Season	2025-10-24 00:00:00	0022500018	2025-10-24 23:30:00	NYK	New York Knicks	BOS	Boston Celtics	1	0								0	0	0	1.0	0-1 days	Home	Madison Square Garden	W	105	95	10	93	93.5	1627824	Guerschon Yabusele		0	13.1483	13:09	3	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.5	1	2	0.5	0	0	0	4	0.75	0.75	0.059	2.15054	2	0.228166	0.380276	0.0760553	Very low-volume scorer	Bench	12.033333333333333	12.033333333333333	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.9047619047619049	1.9047619047619049	12.033333333333333	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.1150000000000002	3.0	0.0		12.033333333333333				8.91878	2.73171	2.12195	0.439024			0	steady	0	0	2026-06-06	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-06 23:27:43.521099	2026-06-05	2026-06-05 NYK @ SAS	Game 2 on 2026-06-05 (NYK @ SAS)	2026-06-08	Current through the latest completed Knicks game on 2026-06-05 and through Finals Game 2 on 2026-06-... [57 more chars]	https://www.nba.com/game/bos-vs-nyk-0022500018	https://stats.nba.com/stats/playergamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=161061275... [1 more chars]	https://stats.nba.com/stats/teamgamelogs?Season=2025-26&SeasonType=Regular+Season&TeamID=1610612752	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoretraditionalv3?GameID=0022500018	https://stats.nba.com/stats/boxscoreadvancedv3?GameID=0022500018	https://www.nba.com/playoffs/2026/nba-finals	nba.com, stats.nba.com, cdn.nba.com

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Dataset Structure

Total rows: 1,122

Total columns: 118

Splits

• data: 1,122 rows

Data Files

• data: data/data.parquet

Data Dictionary

The table below describes the columns included in this dataset.

column	pandas_dtype	dataset_type	description
season	object	string	Text column. NBA season label for the row.
season_type	object	string	Text column. Season segment for the row, such as Regular Season or Playoffs.
game_date	datetime64[ns]	datetime	Date or timestamp column. Calendar date of the Knicks game.
game_id	object	integer-like string	Stored as text, but values appear to represent whole numbers. Official NBA game identifier.
game_datetime_utc	datetime64[ns]	datetime	Date or timestamp column. Official game tipoff datetime in UTC when available from the NBA game feed.
team	object	string	Text column. Knicks team abbreviation.
team_name	object	string	Text column. Full team name for the Knicks.
opponent	object	string	Text column. Opponent team abbreviation.
opponent_name	object	string	Text column. Full opponent team name.
is_knicks	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating the row is a Knicks player-game row.
is_playoff_game	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating whether the game was part of the playoffs.
playoff_round	object	string	Text column. Playoff round label for playoff games.
playoff_round_number	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Playoff round number in Knicks postseason order.
series_name	object	string	Text column. Series label for playoff games, such as Knicks vs SAS.
series_game_number	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Game number within the playoff series.
series_home_away	object	string	Text column. Home or Away label inside the playoff series context.
series_score_entering_game	object	string	Text column. Knicks series score before the game, expressed from the Knicks perspective.
series_score_after_game	object	string	Text column. Knicks series score after the game, expressed from the Knicks perspective.
is_finals_game	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating whether the game was an NBA Finals game.
is_spurs_matchup	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating whether the opponent was the Spurs.
is_elimination_game	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating whether either side entered the game with a chance to clinch the series.
days_rest	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Whole or fractional number of rest days between this game and the prior Knicks game.
rest_bucket	object	string	Text column. Rest bucket derived from days_rest for split analysis.
home_away	object	string	Text column. Home or Away game context.
venue	object	string	Text column. Arena name for the game.
result	object	string	Text column. Knicks game result for the row, usually W or L.
team_points	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Knicks points scored in the game.
opponent_points	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Opponent points scored in the game.
point_margin	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Knicks point differential for the game.
possessions_estimate	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Official box score possessions value for the Knicks team when available.
pace_estimate	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Official box score pace value for the Knicks team when available.
player_id	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Official NBA player identifier.
player_name	object	string	Text column. Player display name.
position	object	string	Text column. Player position label from the official game feed or official roster.
starter_flag	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating whether the player started the game.
minutes	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Minutes played as a decimal number.
minutes_str	object	string	Text column. Minutes played in minute-second format from the official player game log.
points	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Points scored by the player.
rebounds	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Total rebounds recorded by the player.
offensive_rebounds	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Offensive rebounds recorded by the player.
defensive_rebounds	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Defensive rebounds recorded by the player.
assists	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Assists recorded by the player.
steals	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Steals recorded by the player.
blocks	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Blocks recorded by the player.
turnovers	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Turnovers recorded by the player.
personal_fouls	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Personal fouls recorded by the player.
field_goals_made	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Field goals made by the player.
field_goals_attempted	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Field goals attempted by the player.
field_goal_pct	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Field goal percentage for the game.
three_pointers_made	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Three-pointers made by the player.
three_pointers_attempted	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Three-pointers attempted by the player.
three_point_pct	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Three-point percentage for the game.
free_throws_made	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Free throws made by the player.
free_throws_attempted	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Free throws attempted by the player.
free_throw_pct	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Free throw percentage for the game.
plus_minus	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Official plus-minus value from the player game log.
true_shooting_pct	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Official true shooting percentage from the advanced box score feed when available.
effective_field_goal_pct	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Official effective field goal percentage from the advanced box score feed when available.
official_usage_pct	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Official usage percentage from the advanced box score feed when available.
usage_proxy	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Derived shot-and-turnover opportunity share proxy based on FGA, FTA, turnovers, and team possessions.
shot_volume_proxy	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Derived shot-volume proxy based on field-goal and free-throw attempts.
points_per_minute	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Points scored per minute played.
rebounds_per_minute	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rebounds recorded per minute played.
assists_per_minute	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Assists recorded per minute played.
scoring_role_bucket	object	string	Text column. Bucketed scoring role based on prior season-to-date scoring rate.
minutes_role_bucket	object	string	Text column. Bucketed minutes role based on prior season-to-date minutes usage.
rolling_3_game_minutes_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 3-game average for minutes using prior games only.
rolling_5_game_minutes_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 5-game average for minutes using prior games only.
rolling_3_game_points_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 3-game average for points using prior games only.
rolling_5_game_points_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 5-game average for points using prior games only.
rolling_3_game_rebounds_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 3-game average for rebounds using prior games only.
rolling_5_game_rebounds_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 5-game average for rebounds using prior games only.
rolling_3_game_assists_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 3-game average for assists using prior games only.
rolling_5_game_assists_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 5-game average for assists using prior games only.
rolling_3_game_three_attempts_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 3-game average for three attempts using prior games only.
rolling_5_game_three_attempts_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 5-game average for three attempts using prior games only.
rolling_3_game_free_throw_attempts_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 3-game average for free throw attempts using prior games only.
rolling_5_game_free_throw_attempts_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 5-game average for free throw attempts using prior games only.
rolling_3_game_usage_proxy_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 3-game average for usage proxy using prior games only.
rolling_5_game_usage_proxy_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Rolling 5-game average for usage proxy using prior games only.
season_minutes_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player season-to-date average minutes entering the game.
season_points_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player season-to-date average points entering the game.
season_rebounds_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player season-to-date average rebounds entering the game.
season_assists_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player season-to-date average assists entering the game.
minutes_change_vs_season_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Difference between the current game minutes and the player season-to-date average minutes entering the game.
points_change_vs_season_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Difference between the current game points and the player season-to-date average points entering the game.
player_points_home_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player average points in prior games with the same stored home split value when available.
player_points_away_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player away-split points average entering the game when available.
player_minutes_home_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player average minutes in prior home games entering the game when available.
player_minutes_away_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player average minutes in prior away games entering the game when available.
player_points_same_rest_bucket_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player average points entering the game in prior games with the same rest bucket.
player_minutes_same_rest_bucket_avg_before_game	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player average minutes entering the game in prior games with the same rest bucket.
player_regular_season_minutes_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player full regular-season average minutes for the season.
player_regular_season_points_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player full regular-season average points for the season.
player_regular_season_rebounds_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player full regular-season average rebounds for the season.
player_regular_season_assists_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Player full regular-season average assists for the season.
playoff_minutes_change_vs_regular_season_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Difference between game minutes and the player's full regular-season average minutes, populated for playoff rows.
playoff_points_change_vs_regular_season_avg	Float64	float	Decimal numeric column. Difference between game points and the player's full regular-season average points, populated for playoff rows.
role_change_flag	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating a change in starter status or minutes-role bucket versus the previous game.
hot_cold_scoring_flag	object	string	Text column. Recent scoring-form label based on rolling points versus the prior season baseline.
increased_minutes_flag	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating the recent rolling minutes average is materially above the prior season baseline.
increased_shot_volume_flag	Int64	integer	Whole-number numeric column. Flag indicating the recent rolling usage proxy average is materially above the prior baseline.
data_refresh_date	object	datetime-like string	Stored as text, but values appear to represent dates or timestamps. Date when the dataset build refreshed the data.
data_refresh_datetime_utc	datetime64[ns]	datetime	Date or timestamp column. UTC timestamp when the dataset build refreshed the data.
source_last_checked_datetime_utc	datetime64[ns]	datetime	Date or timestamp column. UTC timestamp when the public sources were last checked during the run.
last_refresh_timestamp	datetime64[ns]	datetime	Date or timestamp column. UTC timestamp duplicate of the refresh moment for easier downstream filtering.
latest_game_date_in_dataset	object	datetime-like string	Stored as text, but values appear to represent dates or timestamps. Latest Knicks game date represented in the dataset.
latest_knicks_game_included	object	string	Text column. Human-readable label for the latest Knicks game included in the dataset.
latest_finals_game_included	object	string	Text column. Human-readable label for the latest Finals game included in the dataset.
next_scheduled_game_date	object	datetime-like string	Stored as text, but values appear to represent dates or timestamps. Next scheduled Knicks Finals game date when available from the series page.
update_status	object	long text	Free-text column containing longer text values. Dataset currentness note describing the latest included game and any known upcoming Finals game.
source_url	object	string	Text column. Primary official NBA game page URL for the row.
source_url_playergamelogs	object	string	Text column. Official NBA Stats player game logs endpoint URL used for the player row.
source_url_teamgamelogs	object	string	Text column. Official NBA Stats team game logs endpoint URL used for the game context.
source_url_boxscore_traditional	object	string	Text column. Official NBA Stats traditional box score endpoint URL used for starter and game context.
source_url_boxscore_advanced	object	string	Text column. Official NBA Stats advanced box score endpoint URL used for possessions, pace, and official rate stats.
source_url_series_page	object	string	Text column. Official NBA Finals series page URL used for schedule and currentness context.
source_domain	object	string	Text column. Source domains used in the row-level build process.

Intended Use

This dataset is intended for research, experimentation, analysis, and model prototyping.

Loading the Dataset

import os
from datasets import load_dataset

HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY_KARMANE = os.environ.get("HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY_KARMANE")

dataset = load_dataset(
    "Karmane/knicks-finals-player-trends-and-matchup-dataset",
    token=HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY_KARMANE,
)

print(dataset)
print(dataset[list(dataset.keys())[0]][0])

# getting the DataFrame itself
# df = dataset[list(dataset.keys())[0]].to_pandas()

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Karmane. (2025). Knicks Finals Player Trends and Matchup Dataset. Hugging Face. https://huggingface.co/datasets/Karmane/knicks-finals-player-trends-and-matchup-dataset