Entering tonight’s contest with the visiting Utah Jazz (24-25), the New York Knicks (31-17) had won seven straight and were 13-2 since acquiring OG Anunoby. OG missed his second consecutive game due to elbow inflammation, and there was speculation about how the shorthanded Knicks would perform on the second night of a back-to-back.
Nothing to worry about, folks.
The Knicks faced an early deficit, but a rain of Donte DiVincenzo triples, a bunch of Isaiah Hartenstein rebounds, and Precious Achiuwa’s solid play helped them take a halftime lead, 57-49. Post-intermission, it was a bloodbath.