New York Knicks @ Denver Nuggets
Friday, March 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM ET
Ball Arena, Denver, CO | Game ID: 22500911
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
DEN 29 23 28 23 103NYK 27 38 40 37 142
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Knicks rout the Nuggets 142-103 as Denver guard Murray leaves with a sprained ankle
DENVER -- — OG Anunoby scored 34 points to power the New York Knicks to a 142-103 win over the Denver Nuggets , who lost All-Star point guard Jamal Murray to a sprained ankle Friday night just when their starting lineup was back together.
Josh Hart added 18 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 19 points and 17 rebounds as the Knicks kicked off a five-game trip in resounding fashion, their starters taking the fourth quarter off to enjoy the rare rout.
The 39-point home loss tied the Nuggets' record set against Chicago in 1998.
Nikola Jokic led Denver with 38 points but the Nuggets suffered their biggest loss of the season — both on the scoreboard and on the court with Murray's injury.
Aaron Gordon (hamstring) played for the first time since Jan. 23 and Cam Johnson returned from a sprained ankle, giving the Nuggets their original starting lineup for the first time since Nov. 12.
It was short-lived.
Although Gordon quickly gave the crowd something to cheer about when he followed his errant 3-pointer with a rim-rattling dunk as part of Denver's 13-4 start, the Nuggets would miss 17 consecutive 3-pointers before Jokic hit one with his team trailing 92-70 on its way to a 105-80 deficit after three quarters.
And that was Gordon's only basket as he went 1 for 7 in 21 minutes.
And the Nuggets lost their All-Star point guard before halftime.
Murray, who had 45- and 28-point performances earlier this week, had 12 points when he got hurt with 1:05 left in the first half. He took the contact from a driving Anunoby and stepped back on Jokic’s right foot. Murray tumbled to the floor in pain, grabbing his left ankle. He was helped to the locker room by teammate Jonas Valanciunas , and didn't return.
During the stoppage, Knicks coach Mike Brown challenged the call on the court of an Anunoby charge. The challenge was successful, so Murray was assessed the blocking foul and Anunoby sank both free throws, giving the Knicks a 65-42 halftime lead.
Murray was an All-Star this season for the first time in his nine-year career.
Up next Knicks: At the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoJoJoMu 5 13 +7 5 11 45 1 6 17 2 3 67 2 3 5 4 0 0 0 0
DEN Braun, Gordon, Johnson, Jokić, Murray
in Braun, Gordon, Johnson, Jokić, Murray
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoJoMu :58 2 -3 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
DEN Braun, Hardaway Jr., Johnson, Jokić, Murray
in Hardaway Jr.
out Gordon
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrJrJoMu 3 8 +3 3 6 50 1 3 33 1 1 100 1 4 5 0 0 0 1 1
DEN Braun, Brown, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, Murray
in Brown
out Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrJrJoSt 3 6 -5 2 5 40 0 2 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
DEN Braun, Brown, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, Strawther
in Strawther
out Murray
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoMuJoSt 3 4 -4 2 6 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3
DEN Brown, Gordon, Murray, S. Jones, Strawther
in Gordon, Murray, S. Jones
out Braun, Hardaway Jr., Jokić
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoJoMuVa 2 2 -4 1 3 33 0 2 0 1 3 33 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2
DEN Brown, Gordon, Johnson, Murray, Valančiūnas
in Johnson, Valančiūnas
out S. Jones, Strawther
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrGoJrJo :54 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
DEN Braun, Brown, Gordon, Hardaway Jr., Jokić
in Braun, Hardaway Jr., Jokić
out Johnson, Murray, Valančiūnas
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrJrJoSt 1 4 -4 2 2 100 0 0 0 3 3 100 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
DEN Braun, Brown, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, Strawther
in Strawther
out Gordon
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoMuSt 2 5 +1 1 1 100 0 0 0 3 4 75 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
DEN Braun, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, Murray, Strawther
in Murray
out Brown
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoMuJo 2 3 -5 1 3 33 0 1 0 1 2 50 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
DEN Braun, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, Murray, S. Jones
in S. Jones
out Strawther
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrJrJoJo 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
DEN Braun, Brown, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, S. Jones
in Brown
out Murray
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoJoJoSt 6 18 -2 8 13 62 0 1 0 2 3 67 2 3 5 6 2 0 0 2
DEN Braun, Gordon, Johnson, Jokić, Strawther
in Gordon, Johnson, Strawther
out Brown, Hardaway Jr., S. Jones
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrJrJoJoSt 2 0 -2 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
DEN Braun, Hardaway Jr., Johnson, Jokić, Strawther
in Hardaway Jr.
out Gordon
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrBrJrJoJo 4 10 -6 4 7 57 1 2 50 1 1 100 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1
DEN Braun, Brown, Hardaway Jr., Jokić, S. Jones
in Brown, S. Jones
out Johnson, Strawther
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrGoJrJoJo 3 8 -1 3 6 50 2 4 50 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0
DEN Brown, Gordon, Hardaway Jr., Johnson, T. Jones
in Gordon, Johnson, T. Jones
out Braun, Jokić, S. Jones
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GoJoNnPiJo 1 0 -4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DEN Gordon, Johnson, Nnaji, Pickett, T. Jones
in Nnaji, Pickett
out Brown, Hardaway Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiJoNnPiJo 1 7 +4 2 2 100 2 2 100 1 2 50 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
DEN Holmes II, Johnson, Nnaji, Pickett, T. Jones
in Holmes II
out Gordon
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
IiNnPiRoJo 6 8 -13 2 10 20 1 7 14 3 3 100 1 1 2 2 1 0 5 1
DEN Holmes II, Nnaji, Pickett, Roddy, T. Jones
in Roddy
out Johnson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBrBrHaTo 6 8 -5 4 9 44 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 2
NYK Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Hart, Towns
in Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Hart, Towns
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrDiHaRoSh 3 8 -2 2 8 25 1 3 33 1 1 100 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 2
NYK Brunson, Diawara, Hart, Robinson, Shamet
in Diawara, Robinson, Shamet
out Anunoby, Bridges, Towns
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlAnBrRoSh 3 11 +5 5 9 56 1 4 25 0 0 0 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 1
NYK Alvarado, Anunoby, Brunson, Robinson, Shamet
in Alvarado, Anunoby
out Diawara, Hart
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlAnBrShTo 3 8 +3 3 4 75 0 1 0 4 4 100 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 1
NYK Alvarado, Anunoby, Bridges, Shamet, Towns
in Bridges, Towns
out Brunson, Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBrRoShTo 2 6 +4 1 1 100 0 0 0 4 4 100 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2
NYK Alvarado, Bridges, Robinson, Shamet, Towns
in Robinson
out Anunoby
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBrHaRoSh :48 5 0 2 2 100 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
NYK Anunoby, Brunson, Hart, Robinson, Shamet
in Anunoby, Brunson, Hart
out Alvarado, Bridges, Towns
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBrBrHaRo 2 9 +2 4 6 67 1 3 33 0 1 0 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 2
NYK Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Hart, Robinson
in Bridges
out Shamet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBrBrHaTo 9 26 +7 9 21 43 4 9 44 4 5 80 5 6 11 8 1 3 2 4
NYK Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Hart, Towns
in Towns
out Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBrHaRoSh 2 4 +2 1 3 33 0 1 0 2 2 100 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
NYK Anunoby, Brunson, Hart, Robinson, Shamet
in Robinson, Shamet
out Bridges, Towns
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BrDiHaShTo 2 9 +6 4 4 100 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 1 1
NYK Brunson, Diawara, Hart, Shamet, Towns
in Diawara, Towns
out Anunoby, Robinson
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBrDiShTo 3 9 +2 4 5 80 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 3
NYK Anunoby, Brunson, Diawara, Shamet, Towns
in Anunoby
out Hart
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AnBrBrDiTo 3 9 +1 3 4 75 3 3 100 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 1
NYK Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Diawara, Towns
in Bridges
out Shamet
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlDaDiKoSo 2 4 0 2 4 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0
NYK Alvarado, Dadiet, Diawara, Kolek, Sochan
in Alvarado, Dadiet, Kolek, Sochan
out Anunoby, Bridges, Brunson, Towns
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
ClDaHuKoSo 6 21 +13 9 11 82 2 3 67 1 2 50 1 7 8 7 5 0 3 2
NYK Clarkson, Dadiet, Hukporti, Kolek, Sochan
in Clarkson, Hukporti
out Alvarado, Diawara
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DENAG A. Gordon
BB B. Brown
CB C. Braun
CJ C. Johnson
DH D. Holmes II
DR D. Roddy
JM J. Murray
JP J. Pickett
JS J. Strawther
JV J. Valančiūnas
JO Jokic
NJ N. Jokić
SJ S. Jones
TH T. Hardaway Jr.
TJ T. Jones
ZN Z. Nnaji
NYKAH A. Hukporti
JA J. Alvarado
JB J. Brunson
JC J. Clarkson
JH J. Hart
JS J. Sochan
KT K. Towns
LS L. Shamet
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diawara
MR M. Robinson
OA O. Anunoby
PD P. Dadiet
TK T. Kolek
DEN/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