Jalen Brunson of New York Knicks, Center, is moving away from Christian Braun from Denver Nuggets, on the left, and Julian Strawther during the first half of a basketball match in the NBA on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 in New York. (AP photo / Frank Franklin II)
New York – Jalen Brunson collected 30 points and 15 assists, Og Anunoby scored 23 points and the New York Knicks beat Denver Nuggets 122-112 Wednesday evening for their fifth consecutive victory.
Karl-Anthony Towns collected 14 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for New York. The Knicks who had a good start helped by the first problems of Nikola Jokic, then used a late push to withdraw for good.
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Jamal Murray scored 33 points for the Nuggets, which fell to 0-3 during their five game trips. Jokic finished with 17 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Russell Westbrook collected 14 points and 14 rebounds.
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Brunson goes for 30 points and 15 assists @Nyknicks Continue to ride!
🗽 5 consecutive victories
🗽 Record of 32-16
🗽 408 points in the last 3 games: most of the history of the franchise pic.twitter.com/td8jhsrhtq– NBA (@nba) January 30, 2025
Jokic won two faults in the first 1 1/2 minutes and went to the bench a little more than two minutes after the match after Anunoby blew by him to start a 15-0 race which gave the Knicks a advance of 18-6. Jokic did not return before 7:14 am remained in the first half and the chief of the NBA with 21 double triples reached double figures in any category to the fourth quarter.
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Take -out
Nuggets: Denver abandoned 133, 129 and now 122 points to start the road trip, and it is difficult to win anywhere with this kind of defense.
Knicks: New York had reached 140 points in consecutive matches for the first time since 1965-66. The Knicks were not so good on Wednesday, but 122 points and almost 52% of shots will win a lot of games.
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Key
Jokic and Aaron Gordon made 3 consecutive points to get Denver in the four with approximately 5 1/2 minutes to play, but the Knicks obtained eight of the following 10 points to reopen a two -digit lead.
Key statistics
New York pushed the ball on every occasion, ending with 25 fast break points and 23 reversals.
The next
Nuggets visit Philadelphia on Friday evening. The Knicks welcome the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday evening.
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