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11/10 21:02 CST Brunson, Towns and the bench help the Knicks beat the Bucks
117-85 for their fourth straight victory
Brunson, Towns and the bench help the Knicks beat the Bucks 117-85 for their
fourth straight victory
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- Jalen Brunson scored 23 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 21
points and 16 rebounds, and the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 117-85
on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.
OG Anunoby made five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points for the Knicks, who
have won six of seven since an 0-3 start. They outscored the Bucks 32-13 in the
second quarter to blow open the game and then put it away in the fourth after
Milwaukee had gotten back into it.
The Knicks got big efforts from their bench, with no starter playing more than
28 minutes on the front end of back-to-back games. Tyler Kolek scored 12 points
and provided a spark in the second quarter as the backup to Brunson, Andre
Drummond grabbed 14 rebounds in 15 minutes, and Deuce McBride had eight points
and New York outscored Milwaukee by 39 while he was on the floor.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 16 points and Ryan Rollins had 14 for the Bucks, who
lost their seventh straight and fell to 1-10. They played without leading
scorer Tyler Herro, who missed his first game of the season because of a
bruised right knee.
The Knicks led by three early in the second quarter before Anunoby and Kolek
combined for the next 10 points to make it 36-23. Ousmane Dieng made a
3-pointer before Kolek scored again to ignite another 10-0 run, and Brunson and
Anunoby ended the half with consecutive 3-pointers to make it 58-34.
Milwaukee pulled to 85-72 after three quarters and got the first basket of the
fourth, but Towns led the way as New York quickly pushed the lead beyond 20,
with consecutive 3-pointers by Anunoby making it 106-78.
Josh Hart missed his third straight game, this time because of an illness. He
sat out the previous two because of right ankle soreness, but coach Mike Brown
said he believed the starting forward was healed enough that he could have
played if not for feeling sick.
Up next
Bucks: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
Knicks: Host Cleveland on Wednesday.
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