NEW YORK — The New York Knicks lost their first three games against the Milwaukee Bucks this season, but on Christmas Day, Jalen Brunson played like a man determined to prevent that streak from extending to four.
Brunson finished with 38 points, the most by a Knicks player on Christmas Day since Bernard King's record 60-point performance in 1984, to lead New York to a 129-122 victory over Milwaukee.
The Knicks' victory snapped the Bucks' seven-game winning streak. «We've struggled against this team throughout this year and the fact that we came out with a win today, it's special,» Brunson said after the game. «I like the way we had a lead no matter how much they cut the lead down.
We stayed poised and figured out a way to keep it and win.» After losing to the Bucks on Saturday afternoon, the Knicks came out aggressively in the first quarter Monday.