Kolek, Drummond & 2nd Team Shine in Easy Win. NY 117 Milwaukee 85

November 11, 2026 LouV 2026-27 0
KAT with 21 pts and 16 rebounds for his 10th straight double-double to start the season.

Tyler Kolek, Andre Drummond the 2nd team, and Knick DEFENSE shined as the Knicks took care of business and easily beat a downtrodden Milwaukee team 117-85 at Madison Square Garden on a Tuesday night.

Kolek not only orchestrated but scored — 12 pts on 5-6 shooting (2-3 from 3) — and Andre Drummond played great interior defense and hauled down 14 rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench. Miles McBride was in top form — playing great D and hitting 3’s (2-5 from 3 for 10 pts overall). They led the 2nd team as NY turned a 26-21 lead after 1 quarter into a 58-34 lead at the half. OG Anunoby, Jalen Brunson (23 pts), Landry Shamet (10 pts, intense D) and the starters were part of that run, as NY outscored Milwaukee 32-13 in the 2nd quarter. OG Anunoby had his 3 going again — 5-8 shooting from 3 for 19 pts overall.

Milwaukee — losers of 6 in a row and a 1-9 record coming in — played for pride and increased their defense to a tenacious level in the 3rd quarter, pulling to 11 points down early in the 4th.

But again it was Kolek playing exceptionally well — scoring and hooking up with Karl-Anthony Towns for scores as the Knicks pushed their lead back out. NY bookended their 32-13 2nd quarter with a 32-13 4th quarter to win in a romp.

“Our group was pretty efficient tonite,” said coach Mike Brown afterwards. “Our physicality on the defensive end of the court was at a pretty high level, and they did it the right way — they did it without fouling, which was a lot of fun to watch. The point of attack was Landry — and Deuce especially on the ball was unbelievable. Deuce was our DPOG. Could have gone to Landry as well. Just a fantastic at the point of the screen and pick and rolls.”

“We got a lot of great contributions up and down the roster,” continued Brown. “KAT double-double — he continues to be a double-double machine at a high level. Talked about Landry; our bench was really good — talked about Deuce. Tyler was good; Andre 14 rebounds in 15 and a half minutes — 5 offensive rebounds. He also was really really good defensively in the pick and roll situation. His pick-and-roll defense is getting better each time he steps on the court. His communication is great. He impacted the game at a pretty high level. Just a great team win.”

NY improves to 6-4; Milwaukee drops to 1-10.

1. Knicks Lead 26-21 After 1

Myles Turner hit a 3 to start the game — and it would be the only shot he hit all night; he was 1-7 (1-6 from 3) for 3 pts in 27 minutes. Turner has not played well in Milwaukee (6.7 ppg this year; 11.9 ppg last year) after signing a 4-year, $25M to $29M per year contract with them last year.

The game went back and forth early — Mikal Bridges got a couple of buckets for NY along with scoring from Brunson and KAT, but a Braden Burries 3 put Milwaukee ahead at 16-15.

Landry Shamet hit a 3 to put NY ahead, and the Knicks brought in the 2nd team and took off.

Andre Drummond got an offensive rebound and tip in to give NY a 3-pt lead, and Tyler Kolek fed Shamet for a 3 and NY was up 23-16.

Drummond was ripping down rebounds — one led to a McBride 3 and NY took a 26-21 lead into the 2nd quarter.

2. Kolek, Drummond, OG & Defense = NY 26-13 in 2nd

And then the Knicks kept anting up the Defense and gradually built a big lead.

OG was hitting his 3..

… Drummond was dominating the paint, McBride was providing intense defense at the point of attack, and Kolek was orchestrating — and stealing the ball and scoring and hitting 3’s.

McBride added 3’s, Jordan Clarkson joined in the fun, Brunson returned and lit the scoreboard up, OG hit another 3, and NY pulled out to a 58-34 halftime lead.

3. Milwaukee Tenacious Defense in 3rd Pulls Them to 11 Down

Milwaukee intensified their defense after the break. It started to get harder and harder for NY to score — but they kept finding a way, with Jalen Brunson doing damage and Jordan Clarkson helping off the bench.

NY was still up by 22 points at 78-56 with 3:09 left in the 3rd after a Mohamed Diawara 3 when Milwaukee tightened their D and went on a 16-7 run to pull within 13.

Nate Ament hit a 3, Kel’el Ware hit 2 free throws off a drive, Jamie Jaquez Jr. hit a 3, Kasparas Jakucionis got several buckets inside include a drive-and-1, and Ousmane Dieng hit a 3 to pull the Bucks within 85-72 to end the 3rd.

4. Kolek & KAT Push Back to Start 4th

When Kel’el Ware slam dunked off a Jaquez pass to start the 4th, the Bucks had slashed the Knick lead to 11 pts at 85-74.

And that’s when Tyler Kolek playing the the 1st team of Karl-Anthony Towns, OG, and Landry Shamet took over.

Kolek orchestrated and scored — and kept finding KAT who dominated. KAT hit a 3, Kolek hit a 3, KAT hit another 3 off a Kolek pass, and Kolek scored on a drive off a KAT rebound and NY was back up 96-76.

KAT hit free throws off a drive, then scored on another drive off a Kolek assist and NY was up 100-78.

5. NY 2nd Team Crushes Milwaukee the Rest of Way

OG then hit consecutive 3’s — the later off a Kolek assist — and NY was up by 28 pts at 106-78 with 6:30 left — forcing a Milwaukee timeout as both teams emptied the benches for the old ballgame.

The Boxscore

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909960

 

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