Karl-Anthony Towns had another double-double Sunday night for the host New York Knicks, who stayed perfect at home with a wire-to-wire 134-98 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
Towns had 28 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who won the first four games of a seven-game home season to improve to 6-0 at Madison Square Garden this season. New York is 0-3 on the road.
The double-double was Towns’ eighth of the season and his 66th in 81 regular-season games since being acquired by the Knicks on October 2, 2024.
He made 10 of 15 field goal attempts from inside and all eight free throw attempts. He missed both 3-point field goal attempts, but New York’s other starters knocked down 11 of 19.
Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby scored 19 points each for the Knicks, who scored their second-most points of the season while allowing their second-fewest points of the campaign. New York shot 54.5 percent, including 45.9 percent (17 of 37) from 3-point land, while limiting the Nets to 40.2 percent shooting, including 31.1 percent (14 of 45) from beyond the arc.
Mikal Bridges contributed 16 points while Jordan Clarkson and Josh Hart added 11 points each coming off the bench.
Brunson added seven assists as the Knicks tallied 31 in the contest.
Michael Porter Jr. scored 25 points for the Nets, who have lost nine of their first 10 this season. Drake Powell had 15 points while compatriot Ziaire Williams finished with 13 points. Nic Claxton had 12 points while Egor Demin and Day’Ron Sharpe added 10 each.
The Knicks scored the first eight points of the game and never led by less than five after that. Brunson and Anunoby combined for all the points in an 11-0 run late in the quarter that increased New York’s lead to 40-22.
The Knicks led 77-62 at halftime and ended any hopes of a Nets comeback by opening the third quarter with a 12-0 run. Hart’s jumper with 4:23 left in the period gave New York a 30-point lead for good at 100-70.
The Knicks led by 39 points in the fourth, when their replacements played the final eight minutes.
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