{"id":92291,"date":"2025-12-01T08:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/towns-leads-knicks-with-22-points-thunder-and-durant-shine-in-the-nba\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:50:15","slug":"towns-leads-knicks-with-22-points-thunder-and-durant-shine-in-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/towns-leads-knicks-with-22-points-thunder-and-durant-shine-in-the-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"Towns leads Knicks with 22 points; Thunder and Durant shine in the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"United States \u2013 Dominican center Karl-Anthony Towns led the New York Knicks&#8217; attack with 22 points, securing a 116-94 victory over the Toronto Raptors in front of 19,812 spectators at Madison Square Garden.Josh Hart backed Towns with an outstanding double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds.Toronto scored the first basket of the game, but it was the only time they led. The Knicks responded with a 14-point run, controlling the game from the start.<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We were very disciplined tonight.<\/p><cite>Josh Hart<\/cite><\/blockquote>Hart added that his role varies according to the team&#8217;s needs, and he is in a great moment, accumulating 48 rebounds and 28 assists in his last four games.Jalen Brunson, considered an MVP candidate by coach Mike Brown, contributed 18 points, although with 32% shooting efficiency (6\/19).Despite the defeat, the Raptors show a notable improvement compared to the previous season, with 14 wins and 6 losses in their first 20 games, surpassing the 5-15 start in 2024.<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thunder reach 12 consecutive victories<\/h2>In other results, the Oklahoma City Thunder solidified their position as the best team in the NBA by reaching 20-1 in their first 21 games, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers with an outstanding performance by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 26 points, including 10 from the free throw line.<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We wanted to play with determination.<\/p><cite>Jalen Williams<\/cite><\/blockquote>Williams highlighted that this generates errors in the opponent and increases defensive intensity.The current champions match the best start to the league since the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors, who started with 20 straight wins.By Portland, Deni Avdija shined with a triple-double of 31 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists.<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">During climb historical positions<\/h2>In Houston, the Rockets achieved their third consecutive victory by defeating the Utah Jazz 129-101, powered by 25 points and 7 rebounds from Kevin Durant.The 37-year-old player surpassed Alex English, a Hall of Famer, reaching 10,660 baskets made, placing him in 11th place in NBA history for field goals scored.Coach Ime Udoka highlighted the team&#8217;s defensive execution: &#8220;We focused on their key players and that made the difference.&#8221;Houston dominated the match, reaching a 37-point lead, winning the rebound battle 50-33 and with 53% field goal effectiveness.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States \u2013 Dominican center Karl-Anthony Towns led the New York Knicks&#8217; attack with 22 points, securing a 116-94 victory over the Toronto Raptors in front of 19,812 spectators at Madison Square Garden.Josh Hart backed Towns with an outstanding double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds.Toronto scored the first basket of the game, but it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[3522,1041,103,5166],"class_list":{"0":"post-92291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","9":"tag-kevin-durant","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-raptors"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}