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New York Knicks vs. Denver Nuggets

February 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Nuggets 134-127 on 2026-02-04 at home. The Knicks started Jordan Clarkson, Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 21 points (8/14) in his matchups, with Karl-Anthony Towns as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 23 points (9/17) in his matchups, with Bruce Brown as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK

New York Knicks 134

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mikal Bridges GS	48:30	5	4	4	1	1	0	4	2-8	1-6	0-0	-2
OG Anunoby GS	47:57	20	8	4	0	0	0	3	7-17	4-9	2-2	+13
Jalen Brunson GS	47:00	42	8	9	2	0	5	2	14-27	5-12	9-11	+13
Karl-Anthony Towns GS	31:00	24	12	1	0	0	1	6	9-13	2-6	4-4	+12
Jordan Clarkson GS	23:40	11	1	1	0	0	1	1	5-7	1-2	0-0	-4
Landry Shamet	35:51	16	2	3	0	0	1	2	6-15	4-10	0-0	+22
Mitchell Robinson	23:07	10	8	0	1	1	0	5	5-5	0-0	0-0	+3
Mohamed Diawara	14:27	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	-6
Tyler Kolek	12:41	1	1	4	0	0	2	0	0-1	0-1	1-2	-9
Ariel Hukporti	3:40	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Kevin McCullar Jr.	2:07	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		134	45	28	4	2	11	23	50-100	18-50	16-19

Did not play: Dillon Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Guerschon Yabusele (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	47:46	39	5	6	1	0	4	2	15-33	3-14	6-7	-11
Nikola Jokić GS	44:37	30	14	10	0	0	0	4	10-27	1-13	9-12	+3
Christian Braun GS	43:28	6	7	6	0	0	1	3	2-6	0-2	2-2	+4
Peyton Watson GS	33:16	10	5	2	1	1	1	2	4-13	1-6	1-2	-4
Spencer Jones GS	12:00	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+2
Tim Hardaway Jr.	41:32	19	6	2	1	0	1	2	6-8	4-6	3-3	-9
Bruce Brown	37:43	10	5	0	3	1	2	1	4-9	2-4	0-0	-12
Julian Strawther	16:51	11	3	1	1	0	3	1	4-5	2-3	1-1	+4
Jonas Valančiūnas	12:47	2	3	2	0	0	2	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	-12
Totals		127	51	29	8	3	14	21	46-105	13-50	22-27

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK

New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson Starter 13.1 min
Karl-Anthony Towns · OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Landry Shamet 13.1 min
OG Anunoby · Mikal Bridges · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet 9.7 min
OG Anunoby · Jalen Brunson · Mitchell Robinson · Landry Shamet · Mohamed Diawara 6.3 min
Jordan Clarkson · Karl-Anthony Towns · Mikal Bridges · Tyler Kolek · Mohamed Diawara 3.5 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 7.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 12.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson 7.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson 5.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun · Peyton Watson 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Knicks defense

Nikola Jokić 21 pts (8/14) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Karl-Anthony Towns (31 %, 9 pts) · Mitchell Robinson (26 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Brunson (10 %, 6 pts)
Jamal Murray 32 pts (12/21) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: Landry Shamet (32 %, 0 pts) · OG Anunoby (23 %, 5 pts) · Jalen Brunson (15 %, 22 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
OG Anunoby	Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jalen Brunson	Christian Braun: 23 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Peyton Watson: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Mikal Bridges	Christian Braun: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bruce Brown: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Landry Shamet	Jamal Murray: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Karl-Anthony Towns	Nikola Jokić: 24 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Peyton Watson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Clarkson	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Julian Strawther: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mitchell Robinson	Nikola Jokić: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mohamed Diawara	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek	Bruce Brown: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti	Nikola Jokić: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonas Valanciunas: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin McCullar Jr.	Jamal Murray: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Jalen Brunson 23 pts (9/17) in 85 possessions

Guarded by: Bruce Brown (24 %, 0 pts) · Christian Braun (21 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (14 %, 8 pts)
Karl-Anthony Towns 17 pts (5/15) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (53 %, 7 pts) · Jamal Murray (11 %, 7 pts) · Jonas Valanciunas (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Landry Shamet: 22 poss., 10 pts (5/9) · OG Anunoby: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Nikola Jokić	Karl-Anthony Towns: 27 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Mitchell Robinson: 23 poss., 6 pts (1/7)
Christian Braun	Mikal Bridges: 26 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jalen Brunson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Landry Shamet: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Clarkson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bruce Brown	Jalen Brunson: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mikal Bridges: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Peyton Watson	OG Anunoby: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Jalen Brunson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Julian Strawther	Landry Shamet: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Clarkson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	Mitchell Robinson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)