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New York Knicks vs. Phoenix Suns

January 17, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Knicks 106-99 on 2026-01-17 on the road against the Knicks. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Miles McBride, and Mohamed Diawara. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 5 points (2/8) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender. Karl-Anthony Towns (Knicks) scored 10 points (3/12) in his matchups, with Mark Williams as his primary defender.

Box score

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

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 99

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
OG Anunoby GS 38:34 21 8 5 3 1 4 1 6-17 1-7 8-10 -4
Mikal Bridges GS 37:03 15 3 1 2 1 3 4 6-12 3-6 0-0 -6
Miles McBride GS 36:20 23 2 5 2 0 0 0 9-18 5-12 0-0 +6
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 34:36 23 11 2 1 1 3 5 7-16 3-8 6-6 -5
Mohamed Diawara GS 12:07 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 1-4 1-4 0-0 +4
Jordan Clarkson 21:57 6 3 0 0 0 1 3 2-8 1-4 1-2 -13
Mitchell Robinson 19:18 1 10 2 0 1 1 3 0-1 0-0 1-4 -5
Tyler Kolek 16:37 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 1-3 0-1 0-0 -17
Landry Shamet 14:25 5 1 0 0 1 1 1 1-3 0-2 3-3 -2
Guerschon Yabusele 8:44 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +8
Kevin McCullar Jr. 0:19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 99 47 20 9 5 17 19 33-82 14-44 19-25

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

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 106

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 38:10 27 4 4 1 0 4 1 7-18 1-5 12-14 -3
Royce O'Neale GS 29:56 10 5 2 1 0 1 1 3-5 2-4 2-2 -14
Dillon Brooks GS 29:02 5 6 1 0 1 0 4 2-13 1-7 0-0 -14
Collin Gillespie GS 25:42 11 3 6 1 0 2 0 4-10 2-5 1-1 +8
Mark Williams GS 25:28 14 9 1 0 1 2 4 5-8 0-0 4-6 -12
Grayson Allen 26:51 16 0 3 1 0 1 4 4-14 4-13 4-4 +15
Oso Ighodaro 22:13 2 3 0 1 0 1 3 1-3 0-0 0-0 +19
Jordan Goodwin 20:23 13 3 3 2 0 0 2 5-6 3-4 0-0 +18
Ryan Dunn 16:56 8 3 2 2 0 1 1 3-4 2-3 0-0 +23
Isaiah Livers 5:19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -5
Totals 106 37 22 9 2 12 20 34-82 15-42 23-27

Did not play: Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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
OG Anunoby Dillon Brooks: 19 poss., 3 pts (0/3) · Devin Booker: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mikal Bridges Devin Booker: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Miles McBride Collin Gillespie: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Devin Booker: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Karl-Anthony Towns Royce O'Neale: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Mark Williams: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Jordan Clarkson Grayson Allen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mitchell Robinson Mark Williams: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Oso Ighodaro: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Kolek Jordan Goodwin: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Collin Gillespie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Landry Shamet Devin Booker: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Goodwin: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mohamed Diawara Mark Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Royce O'Neale: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Guerschon Yabusele Grayson Allen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Booker: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Mikal Bridges: 31 poss., 10 pts (2/4) · OG Anunoby: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Royce O'Neale Mohamed Diawara: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Miles McBride: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dillon Brooks OG Anunoby: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Miles McBride: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mark Williams Karl-Anthony Towns: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Mitchell Robinson: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Collin Gillespie Miles McBride: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Tyler Kolek: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Grayson Allen Miles McBride: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Oso Ighodaro Karl-Anthony Towns: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mitchell Robinson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin Landry Shamet: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Clarkson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn Karl-Anthony Towns: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Livers Jordan Clarkson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)