It wasn’t plain sailing for the Knicks, who led by 15 points several times. The Warriors cut their lead to six, 62-56, at halftime as Curry scored 13 of his 15 first-half points. He finished with 27 on 8-of-20 shooting.
Golden State came close to four points several times, most recently with Trayce Jackson-Davis’ dunk to make it 99-95 with 9:29 left in the fourth quarter. But the Knicks had an answer to every Warriors rally.
“It’s tough and their coach did a really good job of calling timeouts,” Jackson-Davis told reporters. “He used them all whenever we had a little bit of momentum.”
Bojan Bogdanovic and Josh Hart teamed with Jalen Brunson to push the Knicks’ lead back to double digits.
Hart earned his fifth career triple-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists while playing all 48 minutes. Brunson finished with 34 points to lead all scorers following back-to-back 40-point performances that earned him his third NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week honor.