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Portland Trail Blazers at New York Knicks

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32-43, 12-25 Away
Final
93 - 110

47-27, 25-12 Home

Anunoby and Bridges both score 28 points and Knicks dominate second half to beat Blazers 110-93

Portland Trail Blazers vs. New York Knicks: Game Highlights

Bridges scored 21 in the final two periods as the Knicks outscored the Blazers 60-35 after halftime. New York made 27 of 42 shots (64%) across the final 24 minutes after trailing 58-50 at the break.

Josh Hart added 14 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for the Knicks. Karl-Anthony Towns shot just 4 for 13 but had 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Deni Avdija scored 33 points and Shaedon Sharpe had 23 for Portland, which shot 13 for 21 while outscoring the Knicks 33-23 in a strong second quarter, then made just 14 baskets the entire second half.

Takeaways Trail Blazers: The Trail Blazers wasted another outstanding performance by Avdija. It was his fifth time scoring at least 30 points this month. The fifth-year player has eight games with at least 30 points in his career, and all have come in 2025.

Knicks: Anunoby has continued to shine while becoming more of a scorer in the Jalen Brunson, who hasn’t played since March 6 because of a sprained right ankle but said Sunday he is feeling better and hopes to return during the regular season. Anunoby is averaging 30.5 points his past four games.

Key moment Anunoby’s dunk with a minute left in the third quarter closed out a 9-2 run and gave the Knicks a 79-78 advantage at the end of the period, their first lead since late in the second quarter.

Key stat Portland’s Anfernee Simons shot 5 for 20 from the field.

Up next The Knicks host Philadelphia on Tuesday. Portland visits Atlanta that night.

Regular Season Series

NY wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 93 - 110
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 93 - 110
4th 12.1 shot clock turnover 93 - 110
4th 34.0 Landry Shamet defensive rebound 93 - 110
4th 36.1 Justin Minaya misses free throw 2 of 2 93 - 110

Statistics

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38-87 FG 45-84
43.7 Field Goal % 53.6
9-36 3PT 10-25
25.0 Three Point % 40.0
8-14 FT 10-13
57.1 Free Throw % 76.9
39 Rebounds 44
13 Offensive Rebounds 9
26 Defensive Rebounds 35
19 Assists 27
9 Steals 10
4 Blocks 10
14 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 2
14 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
18 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 15
16 Fast Break Points 26
50 Points in Paint 62
12 Fouls 17
14 Largest Lead 17
New York Knicks New York Knicks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Shaedon Sharpe, SG Out Apr 13
Deni Avdija, SF Out Apr 13
Scoot Henderson, G Out Apr 12
Anfernee Simons, SG Out Apr 12
Deandre Ayton, C Out Apr 12

Game Information

Madison Square Garden

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

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 68 14 .829 - W4
Denver 50 32 .610 18 W3
Minnesota 49 33 .598 19 W3
Portland 36 46 .439 32 W1
Utah 17 65 .207 51 L2

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 61 21 .744 - W2
New York 51 31 .622 10 W1
Toronto 30 52 .366 31 L2
Brooklyn 26 56 .317 35 L3
Philadelphia 24 58 .293 37 L2
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