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New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks

November 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Bucks 118-109 on 2025-11-28 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Miles McBride. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Gary Trent Jr., Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 17 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Karl-Anthony Towns as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 21 points (8/10) in his matchups, with Gary Trent Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 118

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Josh Hart GS 39:54 19 15 7 3 0 3 4 5-12 0-4 9-10 +15
Jalen Brunson GS 39:05 37 1 5 1 0 3 2 12-21 4-6 9-10 +10
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 35:41 9 10 4 0 1 2 4 2-8 1-2 4-5 0
Mikal Bridges GS 34:43 14 4 2 2 1 0 3 6-12 2-5 0-0 +3
Miles McBride GS 33:22 19 2 1 0 0 0 3 5-8 5-7 4-4 +14
Jordan Clarkson 21:52 6 4 3 0 0 1 1 2-13 0-5 2-2 +9
Mitchell Robinson 18:59 6 7 1 2 0 2 2 3-3 0-0 0-2 -4
Tyler Kolek 10:15 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 2-5 1-3 0-0 +2
Guerschon Yabusele 6:09 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 -4
Totals 118 44 25 10 2 12 21 38-84 14-34 28-33

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mohamed Diawara (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tosan Evbuomwan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ryan Rollins GS 41:01 13 5 6 2 2 3 4 4-10 3-5 2-2 0
AJ Green GS 39:15 18 5 1 2 0 2 2 6-12 6-12 0-0 -12
Myles Turner GS 30:23 10 3 1 1 2 0 5 3-10 2-7 2-2 -12
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS 28:05 30 15 8 1 0 3 5 10-14 0-2 10-14 +2
Gary Trent Jr. GS 24:56 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1-4 1-4 0-0 -6
Kyle Kuzma 28:14 20 4 3 2 0 2 1 8-9 4-5 0-2 -11
Gary Harris 23:30 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1-2 1-2 2-2 0
Bobby Portis 17:37 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 1-7 1-4 0-0 +3
Cole Anthony 6:59 7 0 2 1 0 1 3 3-3 0-0 1-3 -9
Totals 109 35 24 9 4 15 26 37-71 18-41 17-25

Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amir Coffey (DNP - Coach's Decision), Andre Jackson Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mark Sears (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jericho Sims (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Josh Hart Giannis Antetokounmpo: 19 poss., 6 pts (1/5) · Myles Turner: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jalen Brunson Ryan Rollins: 25 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Kyle Kuzma: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/6)
Karl-Anthony Towns Giannis Antetokounmpo: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mikal Bridges AJ Green: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Gary Trent Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Miles McBride Ryan Rollins: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · AJ Green: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jordan Clarkson AJ Green: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Gary Harris: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson Myles Turner: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek Ryan Rollins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cole Anthony: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Guerschon Yabusele Myles Turner: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kyle Kuzma: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
Ryan Rollins Miles McBride: 34 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
AJ Green Mikal Bridges: 32 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Jordan Clarkson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Giannis Antetokounmpo Josh Hart: 31 poss., 11 pts (5/6) · Mitchell Robinson: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Myles Turner Karl-Anthony Towns: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Mitchell Robinson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Kuzma Jalen Brunson: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Josh Hart: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gary Trent Jr. Jalen Brunson: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Harris Jalen Brunson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Clarkson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bobby Portis Jr. Karl-Anthony Towns: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mitchell Robinson: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Cole Anthony Miles McBride: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Kolek: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)