Phoenix Suns vs New York Knicks Match Player Stats On Nov 03, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 3, 2017

NEW YORK -- Kristaps Porzingis had 37 points to lead six New York players in double figures as the Knicks got back to .500 with a 120-107 win over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night at Madison Square Garden.

For the second straight game, the Knicks got off to a hot start. Unlike their last game, a 22-point loss to the Houston Rockets, the Knicks maintained their advantage beyond the first quarter.

New York jumped to a 32-19 first-quarter lead as Porzingis scored 12 points, and Tim Hardaway Jr. and Enes Kanter both had eight.

The Knicks used a 15-2 run to take control midway through the quarter as Phoenix missed 15 straight shots.

With Suns hot-scoring forward T.J. Warren sidelined with a head injury suffered at the end of the first quarter -- Warren collided with Kanter under the basket and was out for the duration, but Kanter returned -- Phoenix lacked a No. 2 scorer behind Devin Booker to help them get back in the game.

Warren had a career-high 40 points in a 122-116 win over Washington on Wednesday but made just 2 of 10 shots from the field for six points in 10 minutes before exiting.

Phoenix trimmed New York's lead to six points early in the third quarter and again to seven midway through the third before the Knicks stretched the lead back to double digits.

Booker finished with 34 points to lead Phoenix, but no other Suns player had more than 15 points.

The Suns shot 35 percent from the field for the game and just 28 percent from 3-point range

Hardaway had 21 points and Kanter finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds as New York shot 51.7 percent from the field.

Doug McDermott (12 points) and Michael Beasley (11) both contributed off the bench for the Knicks, who have won four of five since inserting point guard Jarrett Jack in the starting lineup. Jack finished with just two points but eight assists as the Knicks had 24 assists as a team.

The Suns lost for just the second time in six games as their two-game winning streak was snapped.

NOTES: New York's victory gave them a one-game advantage in the all-time series, 125-124. Phoenix swept both games last season. ... F T.J. Warren suffered a concussion during the preseason and also had a head injury last season. ... New York returns to Madison Square Garden on Sunday night to play Indiana, part of a home-heavy November for the Knicks. New York plays 11 of its 15 November games in the friendly confines. ... Phoenix concludes a five-game road trip with a visit to San Antonio on Sunday.