The Lakers had one of the frontrunners for MVP along with arguably the best-ever on the court. But the Knicks had far more depth.
Games like this are what the Knicks envisioned when they built the supporting cast around Jalen Brunson . They had six players score in double digits as they beat the Lakers 112-100 on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, extending their win streak to six.
It wasn’t Brunson or Karl-Anthony Towns, who was just named an All-Star reserve earlier Sunday, who led the Knicks in scoring.His offensive rebound and subsequent dunk put the Knicks up 12 with just under three minutes left, pretty much putting the game away. Next up was Landry Shamet off the bench, going off for 23 points, his second-highest scoring game of the season. He drilled six 3-pointers.After that it was Josh Hart, with one of his finest showings of the season.Lakers lifeless in tough loss to KnicksHe added seven rebounds as well, nearly recording the first triple-double of his career.Jason Szenes for the NY PostBut the Knicks were strong defensively elsewhere, holding the Lakers to 28.6 percent shooting from 3-point range. LeBron James, in what could possibly have been his last game at MSG, had 22 points, six assists and five rebounds.Notably, Doncic and James combined for just eight points in the fourth quarter.The Knicks went into halftime down four, but began the second half with an 18-9 run to take a five-point lead before the Lakers called timeout.After falling behind by two, the Knicks used three straight fast breaks to rip off a 6-0 run near the end of the third quarter. Anunoby had an uncontested dunk, then stole the ball from Gabe Vincent en route to another uncontested dunk. Then on the next possession, Brunson found Shamet, who caught his pass midair and made the layup to give the Knicks a four-point lead. An aggressive Tyler Kolek provided a spark off the bench with eight points, though forced some ill-advised shots during a stint in the fourth quarter.At one point in the second quarter, he took four straight Knicks shots — a made jumper, followed by two missed 3s, followed by a made 3. When the Knicks lead shrunk to four points in the fourth quarter, his drive forced the Lakers defense to collapse, and he kicked out to a wide-open Hart for a 3-pointer, growing the lead back to seven. Both teams are near the bottom in the league in bench scoring, but it was a clear Knicks advantage Wednesday.Tickets were historically expensive, with fans wanting to see James and Doncic and one of the premier franchises in the sport.Jason Szenes for the NY Post
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