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Knicks use strong shooting night to throttle Nets, 134-98, in district battle

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The Knicks annihilated the Nets, 134-98, in a neighborhood battle at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night.

Here are the takeaways…

— Entering the game in the midst of a three-game winning streak and putting up impressive offensive numbers, it didn’t take long for New York to start moving forward. After missing their first shot of the night, the Knicks scored four consecutive baskets, including two threes, to take a 10-3 lead ahead of the Brooklyn coach. Jordi Fernandez called timeout. From there, New York began to function.

— The Knicks made it rain from deep throughout the game. It all started in the first quarter where they went 7-of-11 from downtown with six 3-pointers coming from the corners, something New York has been extremely good at so far this season. When they weren’t deep, the Knicks went to the foul line or scored under the basket with relative ease, scoring 40 points in the first quarter compared to Brooklyn’s 22.

— New York moved away from the deep ball in the second quarter, focusing more on scoring inside the paint. City of Karl-Anthony he imposed his will around the basket and got contributions from reserve players like Jordan Clarkson AND Josh Hart both had good games off the bench. The biggest difference in the second quarter in which the Knicks gave up another 37 points was that the Nets’ shots started to fall as well.

— Brooklyn matched New York’s first-quarter results and scored 40 second-quarter points thanks to a barrage of 3-pointers by Michael Porter Jr. The two teams entered the locker room at halftime with the Knicks leading 77-62.

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— After halftime, New York once again came out shooting from deep and continued to see them come in. Six different players hit a 3-pointer in the third quarter en route to a 35-point period. Even more impressive, defensively the Knicks completely cornered the Nets and held them to 17 points in the third. This was right after allowing 40 in the second quarter.

— New York’s defense forced Brooklyn’s offense to shoot a lot of threes, to no avail. The Nets went 3-of-13 from downtown and attempted just four shots from inside the arc (going 2-of-4) in the quarter.

— Basically done from the first quarter, the Knicks completely shut out the Nets in the third and fourth quarters and managed to give some of their younger players some valuable minutes late in the game while resting their starters. Guys like it Tyler Kolek (three assists), Pacome Dadiet (two points, one rebound) e Mohamed Diawara (five points) managed to see the floor with Diawara sinking his first career 3-pointer.

— Towns led all scorers with 28 points and had a game-high 12 rebounds, along with two assists and two steals. Mikal Bridges had the most efficient night (6-of-8) and hit four threes in five attempts. OG Anunoby he joined Bridges with four 3-pointers and also added eight rebounds (four offensive), three assists and a steal to his ledger.

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— Mitchel Robinson he started again and finished with eight points, eight rebounds, two steals and two blocks in 17 minutes of action.

— The Knicks shot 53.3% from the field and 45.9% from deep, while the Nets struggled in the second half shooting just 40.2% from the field and 31.1% from deep.

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— Drake Powell he had a good game with 15 points off the bench for Brooklyn.

Game MVP: Karl-Anthony Towns

In a game with this many stars, we’ll go with the only player to record a double-double.

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What’s the next step?

The Knicks return to action Tuesday night when they take on the Memphis Grizzlies at home. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m

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