{"id":493041,"date":"2025-12-01T08:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/towns-leads-knicks-to-116-94-victory-over-raptors\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:44:04","slug":"towns-leads-knicks-to-116-94-victory-over-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/basketball\/towns-leads-knicks-to-116-94-victory-over-raptors\/","title":{"rendered":"Towns leads Knicks to 116-94 victory over Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\nUnited States-. Dominican center Karl-Anthony Towns<\/strong> led the offense for the New York Knicks<\/strong> with 22 points<\/strong>, guiding his team to a 116-94 victory over the Toronto Raptors<\/strong> before 19,812 fans at Madison Square Garden. Towns was flanked by Josh Hart<\/strong>, who signed a solid double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds<\/strong>.\n\n\n

You may be interested in: <\/strong>Ciro P\u00e9rez and Buitres triumph in a vibrant Friday at the Superior Basketball Tournament of San Crist\u00f3bal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nToronto scored the first basket of the game, but it was the only time they led. The Knicks responded with a 14-point run and dominated the game from start to finish.\n\n\u201cWe were very disciplined tonight<\/strong>,\u201d Hart said after the game. \u201cI do what the team needs; my role changes every night.\u201d The 30-year-old forward continues in great form, accumulating 48 rebounds and 28 assists in his last four games<\/strong>.\n\nJalen Brunson<\/strong>, pointed out by coach Mike Brown as an MVP candidate, contributed 18 points<\/strong>, although he had a discreet night in effectiveness with 32% accuracy (6\/19).\n\n\n

Despite the defeat, the Raptors show a significant evolution compared to last season, recording 14 wins and 6 losses in their first 20 games<\/strong>, far superior to the 5-15 start they had in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thunder reach 12 straight wins<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIn other results, the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/strong> consolidated their position as the best team in the NBA by reaching 20-1<\/strong> in their first 21 games, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers with an outstanding performance by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/strong>, who finished with 26 points<\/strong>, including 10 from the free throw line.\n\n“**We wanted to play with determination**,” declared Jalen Williams. “That generates errors in the opponent and raises our defensive intensity.”\n\nThe current champions match the best start to the league since the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors<\/strong>, who started with 20 consecutive wins.\n\nBy Portland, the Israeli Deni Avdija<\/strong> shined with a triple-double of 31 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists<\/strong>.\n\n\n
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Climbing historical positions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIn Houston, the Rockets<\/strong> achieved their third consecutive victory after defeating the Utah Jazz 129-101, powered by 25 points and 7 rebounds from Kevin Durant<\/strong>.\n\nThe 37-year-old veteran surpassed Hall of Famer Alex English<\/strong>, reaching 10,660 baskets made<\/strong>, which puts him in 11th place historically<\/strong> in the NBA for field goals scored.\n\nCoach Ime Udoka highlighted the team’s defensive execution: “We focused on their key players and that made the difference.”\n\nHouston widely dominated the match, managed to get a lead of 37 points<\/strong>, won the rebound battle 50-33<\/strong> and scored for a 53% field<\/strong>.\n\n\n

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United States-. Dominican center Karl-Anthony Towns led the offense for the New York Knicks with 22 points, guiding his team to a 116-94 victory over the Toronto Raptors before 19,812 fans at Madison Square Garden. Towns was flanked by Josh Hart, who signed a solid double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds. You may be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":493042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35743],"tags":[611,40231,71,40853],"class_list":["post-493041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-nba","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-24gh","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/01jvd254vq9tsq38rhbq.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Basketball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/01jvd254vq9tsq38rhbq.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}