Sacramento Kings @ New York Knicks
Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | Game ID: 22400641
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 38 34 39 32 143SAC 25 42 33 20 120
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Knicks get four 20-point scorers, another triple-double from Hart in 143-120 victory over Kings
NEW YORK -- — OG Anunoby scored 33 points, Josh Hart added 20 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists in his sixth triple-double of the season and the New York Knicks beat the Sacramento Kings 143-120 on Saturday night.
Mikal Bridges had 27 points and Jalen Brunson finished with 25 points and 11 assists for the Knicks, who fell two points short of their season high. Karl-Anthony Towns had 16 points and 15 rebounds.
Malik Monk led Sacramento with 31 points, while Domantas Sabonis finished with 25 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists.
DeMar DeRozan scored 18 points, De’Aaron Fox had 14 and Keegan Murray added 12 for the Kings.
The Knicks took a 63-44 lead on Anunoby’s 3-pointer with 5:29 left in the second quarter. The Kings answered with a 23-6 run to pull within 69-67 on Sabonis’ short bucket with 21 seconds remaining. New York ahead 72-67 at halftime.
The Knicks increased the lead to 111-100 after the third quarter and led by 24 points in the fourth.
Takeaways Kings: No one on Sacramento’s roster has played in all of their 45 games this season. Keon Ellis is the only King to play in 44. The Kings haven’t beaten the Knicks at Madison Square Garden since November 3, 2019.
Knicks: Bridges and Anunoby are the only Knicks to have played in all 46 games. Brunson and Towns played their first games since being named All-Star starters, the first Knick pair to have that honor since Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe in 1975.
Key moment The game was delayed early in the fourth quarter to determine if the basket the Kings were shooting at was at the correct height.
Key stat The Knicks shot 50% (9 of 18) from 3-point range in the first half to the Kings’ 35.3% (6 of 17).
Up next The Knicks host Memphis on Monday and the Kings head to Brooklyn on Monday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
NYKCP C. Payne
JB J. Brunson
JH J. Hart
JS J. Sims
JT J. Toppin
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
MM M. McBride
MR M. Ryan
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
TK T. Kolek
SACAL A. Len
DC D. Carter
DD D. DeRozan
DF D. Fox
DM D. McDermott
DS D. Sabonis
KE K. Ellis
KH K. Huerter
KM K. Murray
MM M. Monk
TL T. Lyles
NYK/SAC 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