If New York is Knicks’ City — then this game against Brooklyn was BLOWOUT CITY — a 134-98 pasting of the Nets at Madison Square Garden on an early Sunday evening (game time start 6pm).
NY passed the ball crisply on offense and hit their 3, scored inside as well, and dominated on Defense causing turnovers and open court breaks. The Knicks led by 18 after 1 quarter, by 15 at the half, by 33 points after 3, and by 30+ points throughout the 4th.
The Knick 3rd team played a majority of the 4th quarter.
Karl-Anthony Towns could not be stopped by the Nets inside — he had 28 pts on 10-17 shooting (0-2 from 3) and 12 rebounds in only 28 minutes.
Mitchell Robinson was a BEAST all over the court — 8 pts on 4-4 shooting, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, and a +40 in 18 minutes.
All of the starters played under 30 minutes, yet Jalen Brunson had 19 pts and a +36; OG Anunoby had 19 pts and a +32. Mikal Bridges added 16 pts on 6-8 shooting, Josh Hart had 11 pts on 5-7 shooting, and Jordan Clarkson had 11 pts on 5-8 shooting. NY was 17-37 from 3.
“He played 16.5 minutes and he was a +40,” said coach Mike Brown afterwards about Mitchell Robinson. “I’m not a huge believer in (plus/minus), but to see a number like that in the short amount of time that he played is just amazing.”
NY is now 6-3; Brooklyn falls to 1-9.
1. NY Goes Up by 18 in 1st Quarter
The Knicks dominated from the opening bell — with Karl-Anthony Towns scoring at will inside against Nic Claxton, Mitchell Robinson dominating on the offensive and defensive glass and scoring on slams, and the Knicks passing crisply and hitting 3’s.
Towns got a bucket inside to start the game, Mikal Bridges hit a 3, OG Anunoby hit a 3, KAT scored again inside, and Mitchell Robinson grabbed an offensive rebound and scored, and NY was up 12-3.
The Nets lone player keeping them in it was Michael Porter Jr. who was scoring on breaks and hitting 3’s — and finished the game with 25 pts on 9-18 shooting (4-9 from 3). The NY Post had just written an article before the game on Porter finally living in the spotlight in NY.
But NY kept pouring on the spray-hit-the-3 offense — 3’s by Landry Shamet, Mikal Bridges, Brunson, Bridges again, and Brunson again on a 3-and-1 near the end of the quarter put NY up 35-22.
the burner’s heating up and JB has 12 PTS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/WHuuMZ53OM
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) November 9, 2025
Miles McBride came in and added defensive disruption and OG scored 5 straight points at the end of the quarter to put NY up 18.
2. NY up by 15 at the Half
Brooklyn played even with the Knicks in the 2nd quarter, and actually outscored them to cut into the lead.
Drake Powell, Day’Ron Sharpe, and Tyrese Martin helped Michael Porter Jr. out with drives and 3’s.
NY’s lead slipped to 12 points before Jordan Clarkson came in midway through the period and was an offensive firebrand — scoring on two drives and a 3 to put NY back up 70-54 with 2:47 left in the half.
Clarkson also fed KAT for a pretty pass inside.
jc delivering the rock in STYLE 🤝 KAT cashing it in 🤑 pic.twitter.com/gRldc0iZ9l
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) November 9, 2025
Mitchell Robinson grabbed another offensive rebound and dunked, OG hit another 3, Josh Hart scored on a drive — and NY led by 15 at the half.
3. NY Buries Brooklyn in the 3rd
And then came the 3rd and NY really amped it up — Bridges and Brunson hitting 3’s at the start of the quarter to put NY up by 25 at 87-62.
Mitchell Robinson dunked inside off a Brunson assist and then KAT dunked inside off a Hart assist. Then Landry Shamet hit a 3.
Nic Claxton had his hands full with KAT — and left with 5 minutes to go in the 3rd period with an injured ankle.
Mitchell Robinson grabbed another offensive rebound and scored inside, and Josh Hart hit a 3 and NY was up 107-70.
BLOWOUT CITY.
Mitchell Robinson getting it done at both ends 💪 pic.twitter.com/1Rm1pzMp96
— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) November 10, 2025
4. NY 3rd Team Coasts with 30+ Pt Lead in 4th
KAT started the 4th with consecutive drives inside and OG dunked off an offensive rebound to make it a 39-point Knick lead at 118-79.
NY started to empty the bench with 8 minutes left, bringing in the 3rd team — Guerschon Yabusele and Ariel Hukporti entering first, then with 5 minutes left Pacome Dadiet, Mohamed Diawara, and Tyler Kolek coming in.
The Boxscore
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810047
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