Utah Jazz @ New York Knicks
Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | Game ID: 22400458
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 24 32 31 32 119UTA 25 21 33 24 103
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Towns, Hart help Knicks beat Jazz 119-103 without Brunson for their 9th straight win
NEW YORK -- — Karl-Anthony Towns had 31 points and 21 rebounds, Josh Hart notched his second straight triple-double and the New York Knicks won their ninth straight game, beating the Utah Jazz 119-103 on Wednesday night despite playing without leading scorer Jalen Brunson .
Hart finished with 15 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists to become the first Knicks player since Michael Ray Richardson in 1981 with consecutive triple-doubles. Hart has four this season and became the fourth player to have 10 triple-doubles with the Knicks.
Mikal Bridges scored 27 points and OG Anunoby had 22 for the Knicks. Brunson missed the game with right calf tightness and was replaced by Cam Payne, who finished with eight points and nine assists.
Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton each scored 25 for the Jazz, who lost their fifth straight.
Takeaways Jazz: The guards tried to keep Utah in it, but it was far too tough a task with Lauri Markkanen shooting just 6 for 22 en route to his 16 points.
Knicks: A team that added Towns and Bridges in part so it wouldn't be so reliant on Brunson had no trouble without him, shooting 55% from the field.
Key moment New York had to change plans after Deuce McBride, who was originally set to start for Brunson, developed left hamstring tightness during warmups. Payne was inserted into the starting lineup and rookie Tyler Kolek played 12 minutes off the bench after logging 40 minutes earlier in the day, finishing with 36 points and 11 assists in the Westchester Knicks' overtime victory over Indiana in a G League game.
Key stat The Knicks have won 14 of their last 16 games.
Up next The Knicks visit Oklahoma City on Friday. The Jazz are at Miami on Saturday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKCP C. Payne
JH J. Hart
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
TK T. Kolek
UTABS B. Sensabaugh
CS C. Sexton
IC I. Collier
JC J. Clarkson
JJ J. Juzang
KF K. Filipowski
KG K. George
LM L. Markkanen
SM S. Mykhailiuk
WK W. Kessler
NYK/UTA 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