Washington Wizards @ New York Knicks
Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY | Game ID: 22401026
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NYK 31 35 26 30 122WAS 21 20 35 27 103
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Towns, Knicks beat Wizards 122-103 to snap two-game losing streak
NEW YORK -- — Karl-Anthony Towns had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Mikal Bridges scored 27 points and the New York Knicks beat the Washington Wizards 122-103 on Saturday night.
OG Anunoby had 23 points and Cam Payne chipped in 13 for the Knicks, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Jordan Poole scored 25 points and Marcus Smart added 17 off the bench for the Wizards, who have lost four straight games.
The Knicks were ahead 82-51 with 6:44 remaining in the third quarter and cruising to an easy victor before Washington, which has the worst record in the NBA, mounted a wild comeback that fell short.
The Wizards outscored New York 25-10 over the final six minutes of the period and trailed 92-76 heading into the fourth quarter.
Washington then rattled off 12 consecutive points, capped by Smart’s 3-pointer that made it 92-88 with 9:14 left in regulation
But the Knicks regained control of the game with a 9-0 run of their own to extend the lead 101-88 with 7:15 left in regulation to put the game out of reach.
Takeaways Wizards: Washington was just 1 for 10 from 3-point range in the first quarter before finishing 11 for 36 for the game.
Knicks: Payne scored 10 points in the first quarter starting in place of Deuce McBride, who has a bruised left groin. McBride has been starting with Jalen Brunson sidelined by a sprained right ankle.
Key moment Payne's only basket after the first quarter was a 3-pointer with 8:55 to play after Smart's 3 that had made it a four-point game. That triggered a 30-15 run to end the game.
Key stat Seldom-used rookie Tyler Kolek had a career-high eight assists, including seven in the first half.
Up next New York continues its three-game homestand Tuesday against Dallas. Washington hosts Toronto on Monday.
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This story has been updated to show that Karl-Anthony Towns scored 31 points. A previous version stated that he had 29.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
WASAG A. Gill
AJ A. Johnson
AS A. Sarr
BC B. Carrington
CJ C. Jones
JC J. Champagnie
JM J. Martin
JP J. Poole
KG K. George
MS M. Smart
RH R. Holmes
TV T. Vukcevic
NYKAW A. Watson
CP C. Payne
JH J. Hart
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Beauchamp
MB M. Bridges
MR M. Robinson
OA O. Anunoby
PA P. Achiuwa
TK T. Kolek
WAS/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