The New York Knicks climbed out of a 21-point hole to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 108-97 on Sunday, Feb. 5, as the Toronto Raptors authored another NBA comeback win and the depleted Denver Nuggets fell.
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Julius Randle led the Knicks with 24 points and Jalen Brunson added 21, but with ailing RJ Barrett a late scratch the bench contributed 37 points and the Knicks bounced back from a crushing overtime loss to the Clippers on Saturday. New York surged in the final period. Their 10-0 run capped by Fournier’s three-pointer put them up by four and they wouldn’t trail again.
“We were just not emotionally strong tonight — mentally,” Rivers said. “I thought they were the mentally tougher team and they deserved to win.” Memphis’ Jaren Jackson Jr. missed a potential game-tying pointer with 5.2 seconds left and the Grizzlies, whose star Ja Morant was sidelined with a sore right wrist, dropped their third straight.But they had no answer when 21-year-old Raptors forward Scottie Barnes came alive in the fourth quarter. Barnes scored 13 of his 16 points in the final frame — including a slashing go-ahead basket with 20.7 seconds to play.
After a back-and-forth first quarter that featured seven lead changes, the Cavs pulled away in the second quarter with a 26-9 scoring run that gave them a 16-point lead at the interval.
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