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Brooklyn Nets at New York Knicks

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5-9, 2-6 Away
Final
104 - 114

7-6, 4-2 Home

Towns returns with 26 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Knicks past the Nets 114-104

Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks: Game Highlights

OG Anunoby had 24 points and eight rebounds for the Knicks, who were without Towns because of a bruised left knee when they beat the Nets 124-122 on Friday on Jalen Brunson's 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds remaining.

Mikal Bridges added 21 points and Josh Hart had 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Knicks, who beat their city rivals for the eighth straight time. Brunson finished with just 12 points, shooting 3 for 14, but had 10 assists.

Cam Johnson scored 22 points for the Nets, who dropped their third straight.

Takeaways Nets: Forced by injuries to currently use the 6-foot-7 Dorian Finney-Smith as their starting center, the Nets didn't have much ability to defend the 7-foot Towns or even the 6-7 Anunoby, who scored 49 points in the two games.

Knicks: The Knicks won't have many nights where they can win fairly easily without much scoring from Brunson, but their size and defense just overwhelmed the Nets.

Key moment Brunson didn't have a basket until making a jumper with 9:11 left in the third quarter. He had another one in what became a 12-4 spurt that extended a two-point lead to 76-66, and New York kept the advantage at or near double digits most of the way from there.

Key stat The Knicks held Cam Thomas to 16 points on 4-for-11 shooting after he scored a season-high 43 Friday, his second straight game with 40 or more at Madison Square Garden.

Up next The Knicks host Washington on Monday, and the Nets host Charlotte on Tuesday before both go on the road through Thanksgiving.

Regular Season Series

NY leads series 2-0

Matchup Prediction

Knicks: 64.9%
Nets: 35.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 104 - 114
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 104 - 114
4th 12.1 Jericho Sims defensive rebound 104 - 114
4th 14.0 Yongxi Cui misses two point shot 104 - 114
4th 39.1 Jalen Brunson out of bounds bad pass turnover 104 - 114

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/bkn.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBKN https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/ny.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNY
32-76 FG 43-88
42.1 Field Goal % 48.9
17-41 3PT 13-40
41.5 Three Point % 32.5
23-30 FT 15-19
76.7 Free Throw % 78.9
35 Rebounds 47
7 Offensive Rebounds 10
28 Defensive Rebounds 37
31 Assists 33
1 Steals 4
3 Blocks 5
9 Turnovers 6
0 Team Turnovers 2
9 Total Turnovers 8
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 1
14 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 8
8 Fast Break Points 16
24 Points in Paint 50
19 Fouls 23
6 Largest Lead 15

Game Information

Madison Square Garden

Location: New York, NY
Attendance: 19,812 · Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 22 7 .759 - L1
New York 19 10 .655 3 W4
Brooklyn 11 18 .379 11 L2
Philadelphia 10 17 .370 11 W1
Toronto 7 23 .233 15.5 L8
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