{"id":399892,"date":"2026-11-08T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T09:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/?p=399892"},"modified":"2026-11-11T07:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T07:34:24","slug":"knicks-third-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/knicks-third-straight-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Make It Three Wins in a Row"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Knicks took advantage of the Cavaliers&#8217; <em>back to back<\/em> to pick up their third consecutive victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They won on the road at Rocket Arena by <strong>109-97<\/strong>, with 60 combined points from Jalen Brunson and Karl Anthony-Towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centre contributed 14 points and 4 rebounds in the first quarter, and the reigning Finals MVP <strong>scored 18 of his 31 points in the second quarter alone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After starting the new season with three straight defeats, the Knicks move above .500 for the first time (<strong>5-4<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At the start of the new season, one of my worries was: will we approach this season the way we should?&#8221; said Mike Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And obviously we didn&#8217;t. That&#8217;s why we took a good punch. And I&#8217;m fine with that. Because this is the time to take it. If you have champion&#8217;s DNA, and this group does, it serves as a wake-up call. It makes you realise that nobody gives you anything and that everything is harder than people think,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New York Knicks Defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena | November 7, 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Xd16qQeY8M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cavaliers, who were coming off an impressive win over Philadelphia, had no answer for the Knicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fatigue ultimately hit a team that recalled last year&#8217;s Conference Finals, with a combined deficit of 66 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And last night only Donovan Mitchell showed up, as has become customary, with <strong>37 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is worth noting that his team-mate James Harden managed just <strong>7 points and 5 assists<\/strong> in 34 minutes on court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Tonight we rediscovered that magic and it reminded me of last year&#8217;s team,&#8221; said Towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Tonight we were fortunate enough to do something very special,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For his part, Mike Brown looked for alternatives following the latest absence of Josh Hart. Shamet started again and, overall, a 12-man rotation was used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special mention goes to Jordan Clarkson, who was the best player off the bench with <strong>9 points and 2 rebounds<\/strong> on 4-of-5 shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think we&#8217;re in a good place right now,&#8221; said Brunson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve recovered from our start to the season, but we&#8217;ll try to work as hard as we can so we don&#8217;t become complacent. We&#8217;ll keep improving every day. Having won two games doesn&#8217;t mean anything. We&#8217;re going to keep working and that will be our daily focus,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other standouts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Knicks<\/strong>: Jalen Brunson (31 points and 9 assists); Karl Anthony-Towns (29 points and 13 rebounds); O.G. Anunoby (15 points and rebounds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Towns has made an impressive start, recording a double-double in all nine games he has played to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cavaliers<\/strong>: Donovan Mitchell (37 points); Evan Mobley (12 points and 9 rebounds); Peyton Watson (12 points and 6 rebounds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Cover photo: Reuters)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jalen Brunson and Karl Anthony-Towns combine for 60 points as the Knicks move above .500 (5-4)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":399893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[83,150,58,115,12],"class_list":["post-399892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba-post-match","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-new-york-knicks","no-featured-image-padding","resize-featured-image"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/2026-11-08T031703Z_293749057_MT1USATODAY30308130_RTRMADP_3_NBA-NEW-YORK-KNICKS-AT-CLEVELAND-CAVALIERS.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Kiera Gardner","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/author\/kiera\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399970,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399892\/revisions\/399970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}