Towns Returns With 26 Points And 15 Rebounds To Lead The Knicks Past The Nets 114-104

Karl-Anthony Towns returned from a one-game absence with 26 points, 15 rebounds and six assists, and New York Knicks completed a two-game weekend sweep of Brooklyn Nets with a 114-104 victory on Sunday night.

OG Anunoby h 24 points and eight rebounds for Knicks, who were without Towns because of a bruised left knee when y beat Nets 124-122 on Friday on Jalen Brunson's 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds remaining.

Mikal Bridges ded 21 points and Josh Hart h 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for Knicks, who beat ir city rivals for eighth straight time. Brunson finished with just 12 points, shooting 3 for 14, but h 10 assists.

Cam Johnson scored 22 points for Nets, who dropped ir third straight.

Nets: Forced by injuries to currently use 6-foot-7 Dorian Finney-Smith as ir starting center, Nets didn't have much ability to defend 7-foot Towns or even 6-7 Anunoby, who scored 49 points in two games.

Knicks: Knicks won't have many nights where y can win fairly easily without much scoring from Brunson, but ir size and defense just overwhelmed Nets.

Brunson didn't have a basket until making a jumper with 9:11 left in third quarter. He h anor one in what became a 12-4 spurt that extended a two-point le to 76-66, and New York kept vantage at or near double digits most of way from re.

Knicks held Cam Thomas to 16 points on 4-for-11 shooting after he scored a season-high 43 Friday, his second straight game with 40 or more at Mison Square Garden.

Knicks host Washington on Monday, and Nets host Charlotte on Tuesday before both go on ro through Thanksgiving.