Mikal Bridges scored a season-high 41 points as the New York Knicks edged the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 on Wednesday. Victor Wembanyama put up 42 points in his Christmas debut for the Spurs.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored a season-high 41 points, and the New York Knicks overcame 42 from Victor Wembanyama in a monster Christmas debut to edge the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 on Wednesday. Wembanyama set a Spurs’ record for points on the holiday and added 18 rebounds, four assists and four blocked shots. The reigning Western Conference player of the week made six 3-pointers.
But Bridges shot 17-for-25 from the field, 6-for-9 behind the arc, to make sure the Knicks had just enough offence to win their fifth in a row and improve to 20-10. Karl-Anthony Towns added 21 points and nine rebounds, and Jalen Brunson scored 20 points. Josh Hart finished with 12 points, 12 boards and six assists. Jeremy Sochan had 21 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs. In Wednesday's late games, the Los Angeles Lakers play the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, while the Phoenix Suns host the Denver Nuggets. Elsewhere in the NBA on Christmas Day: --- TIMBERWOLVES 105 MAVERICKS 99 DALLAS (AP) — Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, and Minnesota held on for a Christmas Day victory over Dallas after superstar Luka Doncic left the game with a strained left calf. A rematch of last season’s Western Conference finals won by Dallas fell flat when Doncic pulled up lame while running a play late in the second quarter Wednesday. Then it got wild when the Mavs erased almost all of a 28-point deficit in the second half. The five-time All-Star never made it back to the defensive end and limped off the court after Dallas called timeout. It was Doncic’s second game back after missing two with a left-heel contusion. Kyrie Irving scored 39 points but was short on a 3-pointer that would have put the Mavs ahead in the final minute after they trailed by 28 late in the third quarter. Doncic scored 14 points. Rudy Gobert had 14 points and 10 rebounds
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