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New York Knicks beat Milwaukee Bucks 117-85 for fourth straight win as Karl-Anthony Towns posts 21 and 16
Jalen Brunson scored 23, Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 and 16, and the Knicks outrebounded Milwaukee 59-32 to hand the Bucks a seventh straight loss.
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Jalen Brunson scored 23 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 16 rebounds, and the New York Knicks routed the Milwaukee Bucks 117-85 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, November 10. The Knicks won their fourth straight game and improved to 6-4. The Bucks lost their seventh in a row and fell to 1-10.
New York led by 24 at halftime, held off a third-quarter push and won by 32, its largest lead of the night. The Knicks outrebounded Milwaukee 59-32, grabbed 18 offensive rebounds and scored 25 points off 14 Bucks turnovers. Milwaukee shot 30-of-79 from the field.
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The second quarter
A 26-21 game after one quarter turned in the second. Tyler Kolek hit a three and then a running layup for a 36-23 lead, Miles McBride added a three, and the Knicks outscored Milwaukee 32-13 in the period. Brunson’s three and OG Anunoby’s three in the final 76 seconds sent New York to the break up 58-34.
Kolek finished with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting and 4 assists in 15 minutes off the bench. McBride had 8 points and finished plus-39, the best mark of the game.
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Milwaukee’s push
The Bucks made it interesting in the third. Ryan Rollins and Jaime Jaquez Jr. opened the half with threes, Jaquez scored eight points in the first four minutes of the period, and Milwaukee scored 38 in the quarter. Ousmane Dieng’s three with 12.5 seconds left cut the deficit to 85-72.
New York answered right away. Towns hit two threes and Kolek one in the first two minutes of the fourth, and Kolek’s driving layup made it 96-76 with 9:29 left. Anunoby’s back-to-back threes pushed the lead to 106-78 with 6:30 to go, and the starters sat soon after.
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Around the box
Anunoby scored 19 on 5-of-8 from three. Brunson went 7-of-18 from the field and 8-of-8 at the line. Towns made 9-of-14 free throws for his double-double, and Andre Drummond grabbed 14 rebounds, five of them offensive, in 16 minutes. Landry Shamet added 10 points. The Knicks played without Josh Hart, who was out with an illness.
Jaquez led Milwaukee with 16 points, Rollins scored 14 with four threes, and Kasparas Jakucionis had 11 off the bench. Rookie Nate Ament scored 10. Myles Turner and Kyle Kuzma combined for 8 points on 2-of-11 shooting. The Bucks, playing the second night of a back-to-back, were without Tyler Herro (knee). Attendance was 19,812.
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What’s next
Both teams play again on Wednesday, November 11. The Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Thursday Cairo time), and the Bucks host the Los Angeles Lakers at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Thursday Cairo time).
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