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New York Knicks at Sacramento Kings

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New York Knicks
41-23, 20-12 Away
Final
133 - 104

Sacramento Kings
33-31, 16-15 Home

Karl-Anthony Towns leads Knicks in 133-104 romp at Kings

KAT buries 3-pointer over Valanciunas

OG Anunoby scored 24 points while adding seven rebounds, eight assists and five steals for New York. Miles McBride shot 7 for 11 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) to finish with 21 points.

Malik Monk led the Kings with 21 points. Zach LaVine added 17 points for Sacramento.

The Knicks took the lead with 7:33 left in the first quarter and never looked back. The score was 66-51 by halftime, with McBride racking up 16 points. The Knicks extended their lead to 79-58 during the third quarter, fueled by an 11-0 scoring run. Towns scored a team-high 15 points in the second half as his team closed out the win.

TAKEAWAYS Knicks: New York ended a three-game skid on the first night of a back-to-back.

Kings: Sacramento dropped to 33-31 and trails the Los Angeles Clippers for the eighth spot in the Western Conference by two games.

KEY STAT The Knicks made 22 3-pointers compared to 10 for the Kings.

UP NEXT

Next up on the schedule for the Knicks is a road matchup with Portland on Wednesday night. The Kings will visit Golden State on Thursday night.

Regular Season Series

NY wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 133 - 104
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 133 - 104
4th 20.1 MarJon Beauchamp defensive rebound 133 - 104
4th 23.0 Mason Jones misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot 133 - 104
4th 33.1 Skal Labissiere defensive rebound 133 - 104

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/ny.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originNY https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sac.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originSAC
45-84 FG 36-86
54 Field Goal % 42
22-40 3PT 10-34
55 Three Point % 29
21-26 FT 22-26
81 Free Throw % 85
40 Rebounds 37
6 Offensive Rebounds 14
34 Defensive Rebounds 23
34 Assists 18
13 Steals 7
1 Blocks 4
15 Turnovers 16
1 Team Turnovers 2
16 Total Turnovers 18
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
25 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 24
26 Fast Break Points 8
40 Points in Paint 44
24 Fouls 20
35 Largest Lead 5
Sacramento Kings Sacramento Kings Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Malik Monk, G Day-To-Day Oct 16
Dylan Cardwell, C Out Oct 15
Maxime Raynaud, C Out Oct 15
New York Knicks New York Knicks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Josh Hart, G Day-To-Day Oct 15

Game Information

Golden 1 Center

Location: Sacramento, CA
Attendance: 16,539 · Capacity:

2026-27 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 4 0 1.000 - W4
Brooklyn 3 1 .750 1 L1
Toronto 2 3 .400 2.5 L2
Philadelphia 1 3 .250 3 L3
New York 1 4 .200 3.5 W1

2026-27 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Golden State - 2 W3 0.6666667 4
LA Clippers 0.5 1 W1 0.6666667 2
LA Lakers 1.5 3 L2 0.4 2
Phoenix 2.5 4 L2 0.2 1
Sacramento 3.5 5 L5 0 0
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