Orlando Magic @ New York Knicks
Monday, January 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | Game ID: 22400496
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 28 23 17 26 94ORL 24 29 22 28 103
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Magic hand Knicks season-high third straight loss with 103-94 victory
NEW YORK -- — Cole Anthony scored 24 points, Wendell Carter Jr . had a season-high 19 off the bench and the Orlando Magic shut down a New York Knicks team missing Karl-Anthony Towns for a 103-94 victory on Monday night.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 15 points for the Magic, who are missing their top four scorers because of injuries but didn't need too much offense the way they defended. They limited the Knicks to 4-for-22 shooting from 3-point range and didn't allow a make in the second half until Cam Payne's basket with 8.2 seconds remaining.
Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges each scored 24 points for the Knicks, who were held to their lowest point total of the season in their season-high third straight loss. Towns, averaging 25.3 points and an NBA-leading 14 rebounds, sat with right knee pain.
The Magic came in with no healthy players averaging double figures, but got contributions from most of the players they had, outscoring the Knicks 50-18 in bench points.
Takeaways Magic: The Magic don't let their offensive problems affect their defensive intensity, and those offensive problems should ease up once they get some bodies back.
Knicks: A team that averages nearly 118 points could never sustain a good flow without Towns, as the Magic's size forced the Knicks to use Jericho Sims , who isn't an offensive threat.
Key moment The Knicks scored four straight points to get within six, then won a challenge to overturn a foul that was called on Josh Hart and get the ball back. But they didn't score, and Caldwell-Pope and Carter made 3s in a 7-2 spurt that pushed it to 95-84 with 3:05 remaining.
Key stat Orlando avoided a four-game sweep by winning the final meeting, keeping the lead in the all-time series at 68-66.
Up next The Knicks host Toronto on Wednesday. Orlando hosts Minnesota on Thursday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKCP C. Payne
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JS J. Sims
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
ORLAB A. Black
CA C. Anthony
CH C. Houstan
GB G. Bitadze
JH J. Howard
JI J. Isaac
KC K. Caldwell-Pope
TQ T. Queen
TD T. da Silva
WC W. Carter Jr.
NYK/ORL 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