Chicago Bulls @ New York Knicks
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 8:30 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | Game ID: 22300468
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 26 25 35 30 116CHI 24 31 23 22 100
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Julius Randle, Jalen Brunson help Knicks beat Bulls, 116-100
NEW YORK -- — Julius Randle scored 35 points, Jalen Brunson had 31 points and 13 assists and the New York Knicks beat the Chicago Bulls 116-100 on Wednesday night.
OG Anunoby and Donte DiVincenzo each scored 11 points for New York, and Isaiah Hartenstein had a career-high 20 rebounds along with 10 points and five blocks.
“Everyone in this league was always a scorer at one time, and I know I can score if I need to," Hartenstein said. "But, at the end of the day, I just do what the team needs. I always believed in myself and could play this role. I just go out there and play with confidence.”
DeMar DeRozan had 28 points for Chicago. Colby White added 26.
The Bulls continue to play without two of their four leading scorers. Nikola Vucevic missed his fifth straight game because of a strained left adductor and Zach LaVine , who hasn’t played since Nov. 28, is sidelined by inflammation in his right foot.
Alex Caruso’s 3-pointer gave Chicago its biggest lead of the game at 54-44 with just over two minutes remaining in the half. A late surge brought the Knicks to 55-51 at halftime, and New York opened the second half on an 8-2 run to reclaim the lead.
The Knicks increased the lead to eight points several times in the third quarter and led 86-78 heading into the fourth. The Bulls closed within one at 90-89 on DeRozan’s 3-pointer, but New York had a 9-2 run to push the advantage to eight.
“We had opportunities to make some plays and we didn’t make enough, and Randle and Brunson really played well down the stretch,” Bulls coach Billy Donovan said. "We just couldn’t convert enough of our opportunities.”
Still up by six, 101-95, the Knicks scored the next 11 points to put the game away.
“We started making simple plays,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. “And when we do that, we’re pretty good offensively.”
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CHIAC A. Caruso
AD A. Dosunmu
AD A. Drummond
CW C. White
DD D. DeRozan
DT D. Terry
JC J. Carter
JP J. Phillips
PW P. Williams
TT T. Taylor
NYKDD D. DiVincenzo
IH I. Hartenstein
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JR J. Randle
JS J. Sims
MM M. McBride
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
QG Q. Grimes
CHI/NYK the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur