Sydney Sweeney attends the game between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks at Barclays Center on January 21, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough o

NEW YORK — Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 16 rebounds, Jalen Brunson scored eight points down the stretch and finished with 17 as the New York Knicks beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-95 on Tuesday night in the NBA.

Led by a strong showing from Karl-Anthony Towns, the Knicks outlasted a scrappy Brooklyn Nets squad in the battle for New York in a 99-95 slugfest. Towns led the way on offense with a strong 25 points and 16 rebounds along the way. OG Anunoby added 20 points along with Jalen Brunson 's 17 to go along the way.

The Brooklyn Nets will be welcoming Mikal Bridges and the New York Knicks to Barclays Center for the first time since Bridges was traded.

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The Knicks are 11-point favorites Tuesday, although the Nets do have a rest advantage having played Sunday before a break on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Tom Thibodeau’s group is just 2-3 in the second half of back-to-backs, with both wins coming against the 6-35 Wizards and one of those games requiring overtime.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have surprised as one of the best team’s in the league so far this year, boasting an NBA-best 36-6 record. That’s, of course, been fuele

In a post shared on the NBA’s social media platforms, the “Euphoria” star was spotted arriving at the Barclays Center in a casual white cropped top paired with low-rise flared denim jeans. The 27-year-old showed off her edgier side with a black leather jacket that perfectly complemented her pointed leather boots.

Nets guard D'Angelo Russell seemingly holds a grudge against the Lakers for trading him twice within the span of a few years. After dropping 23 points and 10 assists in the Nets' 99-95 loss to the Knicks on Tuesday, Russell implied that he wasn't allowed to play "free basketball" during his multiple stints in Los Angeles.

DENVER — Nikola Jokic had 27 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists for his 19th triple-double of the season, reserve Aaron Gordon was nearly perfect from the floor and the Denver Nuggets beat Philadelphia 144-109 on Tuesday night, extending the 76ers’ losing streak to seven games.

The Knicks have hovered around the middle of the pack in points allowed per possession all season, but Anunoby is the group’s backbone. New York doesn’t play with a conventional rim protector. Instead it’s on him, along with the other two starting wings, Bridges and Josh Hart, to lock down the perimeter.