Booker's Season-High 41 Points Power Suns Past Knicks
Booker made 14 of 23 shots, including six of 10 3-pointers, and the Suns (15-51) took over after a slow start in a matchup of the teams with the NBA's worst records.
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Booker made 14 of 23 shots, including six of 10 3-pointers, and the Suns (15-51) took over after a slow start in a matchup of the teams with the NBA's worst records.
Harrison Barnes had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Buddy Hield scored 28 and Sacramento beat the woeful Knicks 115-108 on Monday night.
Landry Shamet's mind was blank. His teammates were feeding him the ball and setting screens and the rookie took full advantage in his ninth game with the Clippers.
Allonzo Trier scored 22 points for the Knicks, who led 99-85 after Damyean Dotson's jumper to open the fourth quarter.
If the Knicks are supposed to be tanking, someone forgot to tell their back-ups.
This Broadway smash even made news on Hollywood's big night.
Damyean Dotson and Allonzo Trier each scored 20 points for the Knicks in their 18th straight home loss. DeAndre Jordan had 16 points and 19 rebounds, while Kevin Knox scored 17 points.
Fans have long begged James Dolan to sell, sell, sell. According to former ESPN and HBO sports personality Bill Simmons, he might just do it. The Knicks, though, say not so fast.
New York, with the Eastern Conference's worst record and second-worst overall, had previously dropped 26 of 27.
Allonzo Trier scored 19 points and fellow rookie Mitchell Robinson had 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Knicks (10-46), who remain mired in the longest losing streak during one season in franchise history.
New York hasn't won since a 119-112 victory over the Lakers on Jan. 4. The team is now 1-18 since the calendar turned to 2019.
New York's latest defeat matched their longest single-season losing streak in team history; tying the 2015 Knicks who also dropped 16 games in a row.
The loss puts them just one defeat away from matching their 16-game losing streak from 2015; the longest in team history.
The Knicks were unable to find a trade before Thursday's deadline for Kanter, their former starting center who had fallen out of the rotation altogether with New York
Kevin Durant wants everyone to forget the free agency chatter and speculation about where he might play next season, calling it "unnecessary."
