Caleb Love

New York Knicks defense

Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to guards.

Who guards him

Last season (2025-26): no defender on this roster has guarded him for 5+ partial possessions this season yet. Jose Alvarado has guarded him most: 23.6 partial possessions, 3 points on 1 of 4.

• Jose AlvaradoG
  23.6 poss · 3 pts · 1 of 4 FG
• Miles McBrideGaverage
  21.8 poss · 10 pts · 4 of 7 FG
• Landry ShametGtough
  15.6 poss · 6 pts · 2 of 5 FG
• Jalen BrunsonGsoft
  15.4 poss · 8 pts · 3 of 6 FG
• Josh HartGtough
  14.4 poss · 2 pts · 1 of 3 FG
• Mikal BridgesGaverage
  10.1 poss · 0 pts · 0 of 2 FG
• Tyler KolekG
  7.9 poss · 2 pts · 1 of 1 FG
• Dalton KnechtF
  6.6 poss · 9 pts · 4 of 6 FG

2025-26 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 30. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.

Team defense

New York Knicks: the 13th-best defense at a slow pace; about average against guards on points.

Allowed-to-guards figures use 2025-26 (last season), 340 guard-games against NY · team ratings over 5 games, snapshot 2026-10-30.

2 meetings on record: 16.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists per game (last on Jan 30). The vs NY window above shows each game.

NY injury report · Oct 30

• Jose Alvarado · Out

Lineup context

Team ratings with him on and off the floor.

On and off

The team is 3.1 points per 100 possessions worse with him on the floor (small sample: under 100 minutes on one side).

• Net rating
  On · 0 min0.0
  Off · 192 min3.1

Points per 100 possessions · 1 game · as of Oct 26.