Jalen Brunson scores 34 points to lead the Knicks past the Warriors 119-112
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Jalen Brunson scored 34 points and Miles McBride added a career-high 29 to lead the New York Knicks to their fourth straight win, 119-112 over the Golden State Warriors on Monday night.
The Knicks raced out to an 18-4 lead early in the game and never trailed as they earned just their fifth win in their last 19 meetings against the Warriors.
“This team has demonstrated all year there’s a lot of fight, a lot of heart, a lot of toughness and a lot of togetherness to the group,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. "So there’s a belief that we can win. We always talk about our defense, our rebounding, taking care of the ball. I thought we shared the ball extremely well tonight."
Josh Hart had 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his fifth triple-double in the past 21 games for New York, while playing all 48 minutes.
“You can’t say enough about the job Josh did as well. Josh’s toughness was huge for us in this game,” Thibodeau said.
Donte DiVincenzo added 18 points for the Knicks.
Stephen Curry scored 27 points to lead Golden State and Trayce Jackson-Davis added 19 points and 10 rebounds. The Warriors fell to 17-18 at home this season.
“I don't know what the answer is,” Curry said about the struggles at home. “If we did, we would be able to get ahead of it.”
Golden State chipped into a deficit that reached 15 points, getting within four early in the fourth quarter but could never get over the hump and lost another home game.
“Just one of those nights where we didn't really get anything going from that starting group,” coach Steve Kerr said. “They've been really good but it just felt like from the very beginning we were swimming upstream. I think it was 15-4 out of the gate and we didn't once have the lead in the game. We made a good comeback, but I just didn't think we were disciplined enough throughout the game to earn the win.”
Brunson made enough shots to keep the Knicks in control and is averaging 40.3 points on the first three games of this Western swing.
The Knicks were without forward OG Anunoby, who flew home after his surgically repaired right elbow flared up. Thibodeau said an MRI came back clean and that Anunoby is day to day. Thibodeau said Anunoby is unlikely to rejoin the team for the final game of a four-game trip on Thursday at Denver.
Anunoby missed 18 games earlier because of the injury before returning last week against Philadelphia. He played three games before the injury flared up again.
Anunoby's absence gave McBride a chance to at his 10th career start and he delivered in a big way.
He played tight defense early against Curry as New York held Golden State scoreless for the first 3:53 of the game - the longest game-opening scoring drought for the Warriors in more than three years.
McBride scored 19 points in the first half - two off his career high - and the Knicks led 62-56 at the break.
“We wanted to add more shooting to the floor," Thibodeau said. "That’s really, you know, why we did it. When they sent the second defender (at Brunson) now we have another 3-point shooter out there. We thought that would make a difference.”
UP NEXT
Knicks: Visit Denver on Thursday night.
Warriors: Host Memphis on Wednesday night.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Isaiah Hartenstein vs. Draymond Green (Josh Hart gains possession) | ||
| 11:41 |  | +2 | Donte DiVincenzo makes two point driving floating jump shot (Josh Hart assists) | 2-0 |
| 11:12 | | Stephen Curry turnover (out of bounds step) | ||
| 10:54 | | +2 | Jalen Brunson makes two point fadeaway jump shot | 4-0 |
| 10:47 | | Jonathan Kuminga turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 10:25 | | Josh Hart misses two point driving layup | ||
| 10:22 | | Draymond Green defensive rebound | ||
| 10:12 | | Andrew Wiggins misses two point turnaround bank hook shot | ||
| 10:09 | | Jalen Brunson defensive rebound | ||
| 10:06 | | Jalen Brunson misses three point running pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:01 | | Stephen Curry defensive rebound | ||
| 9:53 | | Andrew Wiggins misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:49 | | Donte DiVincenzo defensive rebound | ||
| 9:36 | | +2 | Isaiah Hartenstein makes two point driving layup (Jalen Brunson assists) | 6-0 |
| 9:28 | | Stephen Curry misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 9:24 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 9:14 | | Jalen Brunson misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 9:13 | | Isaiah Hartenstein offensive rebound | ||
| 9:11 | | +2 | Isaiah Hartenstein makes two point putback layup | 8-0 |
| 8:51 | | Andrew Wiggins turnover (bad pass) (Isaiah Hartenstein steals) | ||
| 8:41 | | Donte DiVincenzo misses two point driving floating bank jump shot | ||
| 8:38 | | Andrew Wiggins defensive rebound | ||
| 8:28 | | Jonathan Kuminga misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:24 | | Isaiah Hartenstein defensive rebound | ||
| 8:15 | | Jalen Brunson misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 8:13 | | Stephen Curry defensive rebound | ||
| 8:06 | | Josh Hart shooting foul (Stephen Curry draws the foul) | ||
| 8:06 | | +1 | Stephen Curry makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 8-1 |
| 8:06 | | +1 | Stephen Curry makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 8-2 |
| 7:54 | | +3 | Donte DiVincenzo makes three point pullup jump shot | 11-2 |
| 7:42 | | +2 | Jonathan Kuminga makes two point turnaround jump shot (Draymond Green assists) | 11-4 |
| 7:31 | | +2 | Isaiah Hartenstein makes two point floating jump shot (Jalen Brunson assists) | 13-4 |
| 7:25 | | Brandin Podziemski turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 7:06 | | +2 | Isaiah Hartenstein makes two point floating jump shot (Jalen Brunson assists) | 15-4 |
| 7:05 | | Warriors 60 second timeout | ||
| 6:59 | | Donte DiVincenzo personal foul (Gary Payton II draws the foul) | ||
| 6:52 | | Stephen Curry misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 6:50 | | Isaiah Hartenstein defensive rebound | ||
| 6:37 | | +3 | Miles McBride makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Hartenstein assists) | 18-4 |
| 6:23 | | Stephen Curry misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:20 | | Brandin Podziemski offensive rebound | ||
| 6:16 | | +2 | Jonathan Kuminga makes two point cutting layup (Stephen Curry assists) | 18-6 |
| 5:53 | | +2 | Jalen Brunson makes two point driving floating bank jump shot | 20-6 |
| 5:38 | | Stephen Curry turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 5:23 | | Jalen Brunson misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 5:21 | | Jonathan Kuminga defensive rebound | ||
| 5:11 | | Jonathan Kuminga misses two point driving layup | ||
| 5:09 | | Draymond Green offensive rebound | ||
| 5:09 | | Draymond Green misses two point tip layup | ||
| 5:08 | | Draymond Green offensive rebound | ||
| 5:07 | | Draymond Green misses two point putback layup | ||
| 5:05 | | Draymond Green offensive rebound | ||
| 5:05 | | +2 | Draymond Green makes two point tip layup | 20-8 |
| 5:01 | | Knicks 60 second timeout | ||
| 4:53 | | Donte DiVincenzo misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:51 | | Miles McBride offensive rebound | ||
| 4:43 | | Josh Hart misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 4:40 | | Trayce Jackson-Davis blocks Precious Achiuwa's two point tip layup | ||
| 4:40 | | Warriors defensive rebound | ||
| 4:40 | | Precious Achiuwa offensive rebound | ||
| 4:28 | | +3 | Gary Payton II makes three point jump shot (Stephen Curry assists) | 20-11 |
| 4:10 | | Miles McBride misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:07 | | Precious Achiuwa offensive rebound | ||
| 4:01 | | +2 | Precious Achiuwa makes two point driving layup (Jalen Brunson assists) | 22-11 |
| 3:45 | | +2 | Jonathan Kuminga makes two point pullup jump shot (Gary Payton II assists) | 22-13 |
| 3:30 | | +2 | Miles McBride makes two point cutting layup (Josh Hart assists) | 24-13 |
| 3:30 | | Warriors 60 second timeout | ||
| 3:12 | | Klay Thompson misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:10 | | Donte DiVincenzo defensive rebound | ||
| 3:01 | | Josh Hart misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:58 | | Trayce Jackson-Davis defensive rebound | ||
| 2:44 | | +2 | Trayce Jackson-Davis makes two point cutting layup (Klay Thompson assists) | 24-15 |
| 2:29 | | +3 | Miles McBride makes three point jump shot (Josh Hart assists) | 27-15 |
| 2:13 | | +2 | Trayce Jackson-Davis makes two point dunk (Klay Thompson assists) | 27-17 |
| 1:57 | | Klay Thompson blocks Josh Hart's two point driving layup | ||
| 1:57 | | Knicks offensive rebound | ||
| 1:52 | | Bojan Bogdanovic turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 1:44 | | +2 | Trayce Jackson-Davis makes two point alley-oop dunk (Chris Paul assists) | 27-19 |
| 1:36 | | Knicks 60 second timeout | ||
| 1:29 | | +3 | Miles McBride makes three point jump shot (Bojan Bogdanovic assists) | 30-19 |
| 1:08 | | Andrew Wiggins misses two point jump shot | ||
| 1:04 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 0:48 | | Alec Burks misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 0:46 | | Chris Paul defensive rebound | ||
| 0:33 | | +3 | Chris Paul makes three point jump shot (Klay Thompson assists) | 30-22 |
| 0:24 | | Bojan Bogdanovic misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:19 | | Trayce Jackson-Davis defensive rebound | ||
| 0:04 | | Chris Paul misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 0:01 | | Precious Achiuwa defensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:36 | | +3 | Moses Moody makes three point jump shot (Klay Thompson assists) | 30-25 |
| 11:20 | | Bojan Bogdanovic misses two point driving layup | ||
| 11:18 | | Trayce Jackson-Davis defensive rebound | ||
| 11:11 | | Brandin Podziemski misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 11:08 | | Precious Achiuwa defensive rebound | ||
| 10:50 | | Brandin Podziemski shooting foul (Alec Burks draws the foul) | ||
| 10:50 | | +1 | Alec Burks makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 31-25 |
| 10:50 | | +1 | Alec Burks makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 32-25 |
| 10:37 | | Klay Thompson misses two point driving layup | ||
| 10:36 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 10:31 | | Trayce Jackson-Davis shooting foul (Miles McBride draws the foul) | ||
| 10:31 | | +1 | Miles McBride makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 33-25 |
| 10:31 | | +1 | Miles McBride makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 34-25 |
| 10:17 | | +2 | Chris Paul makes two point pullup jump shot (Trayce Jackson-Davis assists) | 34-27 |
| 10:01 | | Alec Burks misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 9:59 | | Precious Achiuwa offensive rebound | ||
| 9:57 | | +2 | Precious Achiuwa makes two point tip layup | 36-27 |
| 9:45 | | Klay Thompson misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 9:42 | | Klay Thompson offensive rebound | ||
| 9:41 | | Klay Thompson misses two point turnaround jump shot | ||
| 9:39 | | Precious Achiuwa defensive rebound | ||
| 9:35 | | +3 | Miles McBride makes three point running pullup jump shot (Josh Hart assists) | 39-27 |
| 9:22 | | +2 | Chris Paul makes two point pullup jump shot | 39-29 |
| 9:06 | | Bojan Bogdanovic turnover (bad pass) (Moses Moody steals) | ||
| 8:56 | | +3 | Klay Thompson makes three point jump shot (Moses Moody assists) | 39-32 |
| 8:45 | | Knicks 60 second timeout | ||
| 8:30 | | Alec Burks misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:27 | | Isaiah Hartenstein offensive rebound | ||
| 8:17 | | Josh Hart misses two point driving layup | ||
| 8:17 | | Josh Hart offensive rebound | ||
| 8:13 | | +2 | Josh Hart makes two point tip layup | 41-32 |
| 8:05 | | Moses Moody misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:05 | | Bojan Bogdanovic defensive rebound | ||
| 7:56 | | +2 | Bojan Bogdanovic makes two point pullup jump shot (Alec Burks assists) | 43-32 |
| 7:32 | | Stephen Curry misses two point driving floating bank jump shot | ||
| 7:30 | | Isaiah Hartenstein defensive rebound | ||
| 7:18 | | +3 | Alec Burks makes three point jump shot (Josh Hart assists) | 46-32 |
| 7:01 | | +2 | Chris Paul makes two point pullup jump shot | 46-34 |
| 6:42 | | Bojan Bogdanovic misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:40 | | Chris Paul defensive rebound | ||
| 6:31 | | +3 | Chris Paul makes three point jump shot (Stephen Curry assists) | 46-37 |
| 6:20 | | Knicks 60 second timeout | ||
| 6:01 | | +3 | Miles McBride makes three point stepback jump shot (Bojan Bogdanovic assists) | 49-37 |
| 5:40 | | Draymond Green misses two point driving layup | ||
| 5:38 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 5:34 | | +2 | Jalen Brunson makes two point running layup (Josh Hart assists) | 51-37 |
| 5:23 | | +3 | Stephen Curry makes three point jump shot (Chris Paul assists) | 51-40 |
| 5:04 | | Jalen Brunson misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 5:02 | | Warriors defensive rebound | ||
| 4:48 | | Stephen Curry misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 4:45 | | Andrew Wiggins offensive rebound | ||
| 4:39 | | Donte DiVincenzo personal foul (Jonathan Kuminga draws the foul) | ||
| 4:39 | | Knicks delay of game violation | ||
| 4:34 | | Jericho Sims shooting foul (Stephen Curry draws the foul) | ||
| 4:34 | | +1 | Stephen Curry makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 51-41 |
| 4:34 | | +1 | Stephen Curry makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 51-42 |
| 4:27 | | Jalen Brunson misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 4:25 | | Brandin Podziemski defensive rebound | ||
| 4:17 | | Brandin Podziemski misses two point cutting layup | ||
| 4:15 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 3:56 | | +3 | Jalen Brunson makes three point jump shot (Miles McBride assists) | 54-42 |
| 3:45 | | +2 | Jonathan Kuminga makes two point cutting layup (Brandin Podziemski assists) | 54-44 |
| 3:32 | | Jonathan Kuminga personal foul (Josh Hart draws the foul) | ||
| 3:24 | | +2 | Jalen Brunson makes two point stepback jump shot | 56-44 |
| 3:15 | | Jonathan Kuminga misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:11 | | Josh Hart defensive rebound | ||
| 3:10 | | +3 | Donte DiVincenzo makes three point running jump shot (Josh Hart assists) | 59-44 |
| 3:09 | | Warriors 60 second timeout | ||
| 2:55 | | Stephen Curry misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 2:53 | | Jericho Sims defensive rebound | ||
| 2:46 | | Brandin Podziemski personal foul (Jalen Brunson draws the foul) | ||
| 2:38 | | Miles McBride misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:34 | | Draymond Green defensive rebound | ||
| 2:32 | | +2 | Stephen Curry makes two point running layup | 59-46 |
| 2:32 | | Josh Hart shooting foul (Stephen Curry draws the foul) | ||
| 2:32 | | +1 | Stephen Curry makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 59-47 |
| 2:14 | | Josh Hart turnover (bad pass) (Jonathan Kuminga steals) | ||
| 2:07 | | +2 | Jonathan Kuminga makes two point running layup | 59-49 |
| 1:42 | | Brandin Podziemski blocks Josh Hart's two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 1:42 | | Knicks offensive rebound | ||
| 1:42 | | Knicks turnover (shot clock violation) | ||
| 1:29 | | +2 | Jonathan Kuminga makes two point dunk | 59-51 |
| 1:07 | | Jalen Brunson misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 1:06 | | Knicks offensive rebound | ||
| 1:04 | | Donte DiVincenzo misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:01 | | Draymond Green defensive rebound | ||
| 0:57 | | +3 | Stephen Curry makes three point running jump shot (Jonathan Kuminga assists) | 59-54 |
| 0:42 | | +2 | Jalen Brunson makes two point driving layup | 61-54 |
| 0:42 | | Draymond Green shooting foul (Jalen Brunson draws the foul) | ||
| 0:42 | | +1 | Jalen Brunson makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 62-54 |
| 0:35 | | +2 | Stephen Curry makes two point driving layup | 62-56 |
| 0:22 | | Jericho Sims offensive foul (Brandin Podziemski draws the foul) | ||
| 0:22 | | Jericho Sims turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 0:06 | | Draymond Green turnover (bad pass) (Jalen Brunson steals) | ||
| 0:03 | | Jalen Brunson misses two point running layup | ||
| 0:00 | | Josh Hart offensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | |