NBA roundup: Knicks deepen Warriors' road crisis, Jokić stars for Nuggets again
New York, New York - The New York Knicks extended their winning run to eight games to shoot into playoffs contention while they compounded the Golden State Warriors' road woes with a 132-94 rout on Tuesday.
The reigning champions, missing 2022 NBA Finals MVP Stephen Curry for a third straight game with a shoulder injury, slumped to 3-15 on the road this season, sitting 15-17 overall.
Offseason Knicks addition Jalen Brunson scored 21 points with five assists, while Immanuel Quickley top scored off the bench with 22 points. Julius Randle had 15 points with 12 rebounds and five assists.
The Knicks, who never trailed in the blowout win, had six players reach double-digit scores, with the 38-point triumph their largest margin of victory in the last two seasons.
The victory also means the they boast the longest active win streak in the NBA, having conceded an NBA-best 97.8 points per game during the streak.
The Knicks, who had not beaten the Warriors at home for almost a decade, hit 11 triples in the first half, finishing the game with 17-of-40 three-point shooting, led by Quickley with five.
Jordan Poole scored a team-high 26 points for the Curry-less Warriors, who had James Wiseman play 22 minutes, scoring four points with three rebounds.
The Knicks improved to 18-13 overall to sit sixth in the Eastern Conference.
Around the league: Markkanen hits career high for Utah, Jokić leads Nuggets with another star turn
Seven-foot Finnish power forward Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high nine three-pointers in his 38-point haul as the Utah Jazz won 126-111 over the Detroit Pistons.
Jordan Clarkson had 12 points within 1:51 of game time but it was Markkanen who stole the show, matching his career-high points output.
The game was the Jazz's third in four evenings, with Malik Beasley adding 17 points off the bench, while Clarkson finished with 21. Jarred Vanderbilt had 18 points with 13 rebounds.
The Denver Nuggets moved into top spot in the Western Conference with a 105-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, led by another Nikola Jokić triple-double.
The back-to-back NBA MVP recorded his sixth triple-double of the season, putting on a brilliant passing display, with 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 13 assists.
The Nuggets (19-11) defense kept the Grizzlies to 44.4% shooting and only 19.2% from beyond the arc, with Ja Morant top scoring for Memphis with 35 points along with 10 assists.
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