Jalen Brunson scored 26 points, and the New York Knicks went on a 20-8 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 123-114.
The Trail Blazers led 104-103 when OG Anunoby’s corner 3-pointer put the Knicks ahead for good with 4:15 left. He scored 10 points as they pulled away to a 123-112 lead with 35 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Knicks outscored the Trail Blazers 11-0. Anunoby scored 6 of the Knicks’ 11 on 2 for 2 shooting. With 4:27 left, Mikal Bridges stole the ball from Caleb Love, and Anunoby’s corner 3-pointer off it put the Knicks ahead 106-104.
Anunoby scored 24 points on 9 for 15 shooting. Karl-Anthony Towns added 20 points (12 in the paint) and 11 rebounds on 9 for 13 shooting, and Mitchell Robinson had 6 points, 11 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks off the bench. The Knicks had 3 20-point scorers. Brunson and Bridges set each other up for 9 baskets and 22 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Trail Blazers, Deni Avdija had 25 points (14 in the paint) and 3 steals, and Shaedon Sharpe added 23 points. Love scored 21 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench. The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Knicks shot 50.5% from the field and 37.0% from 3 to the Trail Blazers’ 47.6% and 30.8%. The Trail Blazers got 7 offensive rebounds, about 5 fewer than usual for the shots they missed. They outscored the Knicks 42-17 off the bench.