NEW YORK — Miles McBride scored 8 points off the bench Tuesday night. The New York Knicks outscored the Milwaukee Bucks by 39 points in his 25 minutes on the floor.
The final was 117-85 at Madison Square Garden, the fourth straight win for the defending champions. New York is 6-1 since opening the season 0-3. The loss was Milwaukee’s seventh in a row, and the Bucks are 1-10.
Jalen Brunson scored 23 points on 7-of-18 shooting and made all 8 of his free throws. Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 21 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 assists. OG Anunoby went 5-of-8 from 3-point range and scored 19. With Cleveland coming to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, the Knicks finished the night without playing any starter more than 28 minutes.
Down 24 at halftime, Milwaukee scored 38 points in the third quarter and was within 85-72 going into the fourth. New York won the final period 32-13, the same score as the second quarter.
Tyler Kolek Sparks 32-13 Second Quarter
Tyler Kolek scored 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting and had 4 assists in 15 minutes behind Brunson. Kolek made 2-of-3 attempts from beyond the arc.
Early in the second quarter, Anunoby and Kolek scored 10 straight points between them to turn a three-point lead into a 36-23 cushion, according to The Associated Press. Kolek started a second 10-0 run later in the period. Brunson and Anunoby closed the half with back-to-back 3-pointers for a 58-34 lead.
Andre Drummond grabbed 14 rebounds, 5 of them offensive, in 15 minutes. New York outrebounded Milwaukee 59-32, with 18 offensive rebounds to 7.
Bucks Fall To 1-10 Without Tyler Herro
After Milwaukee scored the first basket of the fourth quarter, Towns led New York’s response. Two straight 3-pointers from Anunoby made it 106-78.
For the Bucks, Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting. Ryan Rollins added 14 points and went 4-of-6 from 3-point range. Myles Turner shot 1-of-7 in 27 minutes, and Milwaukee was outscored by 24 with him on the floor.
Tyler Herro, Milwaukee’s leading scorer at 21.4 points per game, missed his first game of the season with a bruised right knee. Brayden Burries, the No. 10 overall pick in the 2026 draft, started and scored 3 points on 1-of-6 shooting.
Josh Hart sat out a third straight game for New York, this time with an illness, after missing the previous two with right ankle soreness. Knicks coach Mike Brown said he believed Hart’s ankle had healed enough for him to play if he had not been sick.
Both teams play again Wednesday. The Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Bucks return home to face the Los Angeles Lakers.
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