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New York Knicks at Portland Trail Blazers

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42-23, 21-12 Away
Final
114 - 113

28-39, 16-16 Home

Bridges nails 3-pointer at buzzer to give Knicks a 114-113 OT win over the Trail Blazers

Mikal Bridges wins it for Knicks with buzzer-beating 3 in OT

Bridges finished with 33 points and AG Anunoby had 23 as New York won its second in a row and improved to 2-2 on its five-game West Coast trip with one game remaning.

Scoot Henderson led Portland with 30 points, while Deni Avdija had 27 points — including a three-point play with three seconds left in overtime to give the Trail Blazers a brief 113-111 lead — but Portland lost its fifth in a row. Avdija also had 15 rebounds.

Karl-Anthony Towns shot 8 of 12 from the field, including two 3-pointers late in regulation, to finish with 21 points for the Knicks.

Henderson scored eight points in the final 1:06 of regulation — a 3-point shot, a three-point play and a pair of free throws with three seconds left — to tie the game 106-all and send it into overtime.

Takeaways With Jalen Brunson expected to miss at least two weeks with a right ankle sprain, New York's immediate future looked bleak, but the win Wednesday helped the team salvage some hope and pull within 4 1/2 games of the Celtics in the Atlantic Division.

Portland lost its fifth in a row and the first of a seven-game homestand. At 28-39, the Trail Blazers will have to step it on their home court over the next six games to have any hope of making the postseason.

Key moment The Knicks' Miles McBride and Mitchell Robinson both had blocks in the waning seconds of overtime.

Key stat Portland was just 16 of 25 from the free-throw line and had 23 turnovers to the Knicks 15.

Up next The Knicks conclude a five-game West Coast trip at Golden State on Saturday night. The Trail Blazers play host to Toronto on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

NY leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

5th 0.0 End of Game 114 - 113
5th 0.0 End of the 1st Overtime 114 - 113
5th 0.0 (00:00) [Knicks] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL) 114 - 113
5th 0.1 Mikal Bridges makes 25-foot three pointer (Josh Hart assists) 114 - 113
5th 3.1 Miles McBride enters the game for Mitchell Robinson 111 - 113

Statistics

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44-94 FG 40-90
47 Field Goal % 44
12-31 3PT 17-42
39 Three Point % 40
14-20 FT 16-25
70 Free Throw % 64
38 Rebounds 52
11 Offensive Rebounds 21
27 Defensive Rebounds 31
27 Assists 20
12 Steals 6
7 Blocks 6
15 Turnovers 23
0 Team Turnovers 2
15 Total Turnovers 25
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 31
18 Fast Break Points 11
58 Points in Paint 44
21 Fouls 18
8 Largest Lead 5
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Robert Williams III, C Day-To-Day Dec 23
Jerami Grant, F Out Dec 23
Scoot Henderson, G Out Dec 19
Jrue Holiday, G Out Dec 19
Matisse Thybulle, G Out Dec 13
New York Knicks New York Knicks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Josh Hart, G Day-To-Day Dec 25
Miles McBride, G Out Dec 24
Landry Shamet, G Out Dec 24

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 17,510 · Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 21 9 .700 - W1
Boston 18 11 .621 2.5 W3
Toronto 18 13 .581 3.5 W1
Philadelphia 16 12 .571 4 L1
Brooklyn 9 19 .321 11 W2

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 26 4 .867 - L1
Denver 21 8 .724 4.5 L1
Minnesota 20 10 .667 6 W3
Portland 12 18 .400 14 L2
Utah 10 19 .345 15.5 L4
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