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New York Knicks vs. Sacramento Kings

January 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Kings 103-87 on 2026-01-27 at home. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Domantas Sabonis, Precious Achiuwa, and Nique Clifford. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Karl-Anthony Towns as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 11 points (4/12) in his matchups, with Nique Clifford as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 103

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges GS	37:32	18	3	5	0	0	1	1	8-13	2-3	0-0	+14
Jalen Brunson GS	34:39	28	3	4	0	1	2	2	9-17	4-8	6-7	+17
OG Anunoby GS	32:28	15	2	0	2	0	7	3	5-7	3-4	2-2	+5
Josh Hart GS	31:25	7	9	4	3	0	4	2	2-6	0-2	3-3	-2
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	27:03	17	11	4	0	0	2	2	5-15	3-8	4-4	-3
Miles McBride	29:44	9	2	4	2	0	1	3	4-11	1-6	0-0	+20
Mitchell Robinson	26:59	7	13	0	2	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	1-2	+25
Landry Shamet	17:15	2	1	3	2	0	1	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	+1
Guerschon Yabusele	2:55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3
Totals		103	44	24	11	1	18	16	37-78	13-32	16-18

Did not play: Jordan Clarkson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mohamed Diawara (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Kolek (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC

Sacramento Kings 87

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan GS	38:56	34	5	0	0	0	2	3	13-26	1-7	7-8	-17
Russell Westbrook GS	33:27	14	4	5	1	0	6	4	6-19	2-9	0-0	-17
Domantas Sabonis GS	32:46	11	12	7	0	1	3	2	5-10	0-2	1-2	-17
Nique Clifford GS	29:50	7	3	1	3	0	1	0	3-8	1-3	0-0	-2
Precious Achiuwa GS	23:41	6	5	0	2	0	2	1	3-7	0-2	0-0	-8
Dennis Schröder	22:36	4	1	4	2	0	1	1	1-8	0-3	2-2	-12
Keon Ellis	22:13	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-2
Dylan Cardwell	21:58	4	10	0	0	2	0	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	-6
Maxime Raynaud	14:33	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	2-2	+1
Totals		87	44	18	8	3	16	16	35-87	5-30	12-14

Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Eubanks (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keegan Murray (DND - Injury/Illness), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 16.0 min
OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Miles McBride 8.7 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · Josh Hart · Mikal Bridges · Mitchell Robinson · Miles McBride 6.0 min
Josh Hart · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride 4.0 min
OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Miles McBride 3.0 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Domantas Sabonis · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford Starter 11.8 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Domantas Sabonis · Precious Achiuwa 6.5 min
Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Domantas Sabonis · Keon Ellis · Dylan Cardwell 6.4 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keon Ellis · Maxime Raynaud · Dylan Cardwell 4.4 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Precious Achiuwa · Nique Clifford · Maxime Raynaud 4.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Russell Westbrook 17 pts (6/9) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Karl-Anthony Towns (25 %, 4 pts) · Mikal Bridges (20 %, 3 pts) · Josh Hart (14 %, 0 pts)
Domantas Sabonis 12 pts (5/11) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Josh Hart (29 %, 2 pts) · Mitchell Robinson (23 %, 0 pts) · Karl-Anthony Towns (13 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Mikal Bridges	Nique Clifford: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · DeMar DeRozan: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jalen Brunson	Keon Ellis: 19 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Precious Achiuwa: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Josh Hart	Domantas Sabonis: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Nique Clifford: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
OG Anunoby	DeMar DeRozan: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Precious Achiuwa: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles McBride	Dennis Schröder: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Keon Ellis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Russell Westbrook: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Dylan Cardwell: 10 poss., 10 pts (3/7)
Mitchell Robinson	Dylan Cardwell: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Domantas Sabonis: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet	DeMar DeRozan: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dennis Schröder: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Guerschon Yabusele	Maxime Raynaud: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Kings defense

Jalen Brunson 11 pts (4/12) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Nique Clifford (28 %, 3 pts) · Keon Ellis (26 %, 0 pts) · Russell Westbrook (18 %, 2 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 10 pts (4/10) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Domantas Sabonis (34 %, 5 pts) · Dylan Cardwell (20 %, 0 pts) · Precious Achiuwa (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
DeMar DeRozan	Josh Hart: 19 poss., 12 pts (6/9) · Mikal Bridges: 16 poss., 9 pts (4/6)
Domantas Sabonis	Karl-Anthony Towns: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Mitchell Robinson: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Russell Westbrook	Mikal Bridges: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Nique Clifford	Jalen Brunson: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Miles McBride: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Dylan Cardwell	Mitchell Robinson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Precious Achiuwa	OG Anunoby: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Dennis Schröder	Miles McBride: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Landry Shamet: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Keon Ellis	Jalen Brunson: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Miles McBride: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Maxime Raynaud	Landry Shamet: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Josh Hart: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)