Overview
- Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden, where New York is 11-1 this season and 14-7 overall.
- Karl-Anthony Towns powered the Knicks on Wednesday with 35 points and 18 rebounds in a win over the Hornets, their fifth victory in six games.
- Utah arrives at 8-13 after a 123-110 win in Brooklyn that featured a 42-point fourth quarter, with Lauri Markkanen scoring 30 and Keyonte George adding 29 points and 10 assists.
- Injury reports list Jusuf Nurkić out for the Jazz with bruised ribs, with OG Anunoby and Landry Shamet sidelined for New York.
- Pregame projections heavily favor the Knicks, with ESPN assigning a 90% win probability and betting lines around New York -15.5.