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Knicks Rout Bucks 117-85, and Giannis Scores 30 on a Sprained Wrist as Heat Beat Jazz

New York ran away with the second quarter at Madison Square Garden, Milwaukee fell to 1-10, and Giannis Antetokounmpo passed Gary Payton on the all-time scoring list.

Outspoken Digest Sports Desk

Wednesday, November 11, 2026/2 min read

The curved exterior of Madison Square Garden in Manhattan with its lit screens and street traffic, photographed on 24 June 2019, a file photograph of the arena and not of Tuesday's game
Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Two of the NBA's struggling teams had very different Tuesday nights against very different opponents, and neither went well. The Milwaukee Bucks lost their seventh straight game in New York, and the Utah Jazz lost their ninth in a row at home to Miami.

Here is how the night looked, from the results as recorded by ESPN and the Associated Press by early Wednesday.

How did the Knicks beat the Bucks 117-85?

The game was decided in the second quarter, when New York outscored Milwaukee 32-13, ESPN reported. The Bucks trimmed the margin to 85-72 after three quarters, but the Knicks pulled away again in the fourth.

Jalen Brunson scored 23 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 16 rebounds. OG Anunoby added 19 with five three-pointers, and Andre Drummond grabbed 14 rebounds in 15 minutes. Deuce McBride scored only eight, but New York outscored Milwaukee by 39 points with him on the floor, per ESPN.

The Bucks were without Tyler Herro, who missed his first game of the season with a bruised right knee. Jaime Jaquez Jr. led them with 16 points and Ryan Rollins had 14. Milwaukee is 1-10, 0-5 on the road and 6.5 games out in the Central. New York is 6-4, has won four straight and six of seven after an 0-3 start, and trails in the Atlantic by 2.5 games. Josh Hart missed a third straight game, this time with an illness.

What happened in Heat 115, Jazz 109?

Giannis Antetokounmpo played through a sprained right wrist and scored 30 points with 11 rebounds on 12-of-21 shooting, according to the Associated Press recap on ESPN. The AP said he reached 21,836 career points, passing Gary Payton for 39th on the NBA's all-time scoring list.

Davion Mitchell added 19 points and Pelle Larsson 14 for Miami, which used a 15-2 run in the third quarter to build its lead. Utah, missing four starters (Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic), got 25 points from rookie Darryn Peterson and 23 from Ace Bailey. Isaiah Collier hit four straight three-pointers in the fourth to make it 112-107, but blocks by Klay Thompson and Bam Adebayo helped close it out. Utah turned the ball over 18 times to Miami's eight. The Heat are 5-6, and the Jazz are 1-10.

What else happened in the NBA on Tuesday?

Boston beat Philadelphia 123-101, and NBA.com's game recap credited Paul George with a standout night and said the win lifted the Celtics to the top seed in the Eastern Conference and extended their winning streak to four games. The page gave no box score.

On Wednesday the Bucks host the Lakers, and the Knicks host Cleveland, ESPN said. Milwaukee will be looking to end a seven-game slide, and New York to stretch its streak to five.

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