The Knicks are a bad team, with a 10-28 record. Furthermore, they played last night against the Lakers, so they were on the second night of a back to back. And even worse, two of their best players, Julius Ruandle and Marcus Morris were out for tonight’s contest, along with point guard Dennis Smith Jr.
So the Jazz won, and easily. They did this essentially by not beating themselves: they only had seven turnovers for the game, continuing a recent low-turnover trend. They also didn’t foul the Knicks hardly ever, only sending them to the line 11 times.