The New York Knicks (7-5) were in D.C. tonight for a whack at the Washington Wizards (2-10). Last week, New York lost to the Bucks in their first NBA Cup, In-Season Tournament game. That hard-fought game marked a turning point for the club: the Knicks have played consistently good-to-great basketball from that point on, winning four of their next five contests.
In tonight’s game, their second Group B match-up of the season, New York stood better odds against an Eastern Conference cellar dweller. Win the should, and win they did. The Wizards would chip away at a 21-point deficit to come within single digits in the fourth quarter, but thanks to 32 points from Jalen Brunson and 27 from Immanuel Quickley, the Knicks would win this game buzzer to buzzer, 120-99.