The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the New York Knicks 110 - 95 at Moda Center on Thursday. The Trail Blazers (33 - 38) had no trouble handling the injured Knicks (27 - 45) roster that saw both starters Carmelo Anthony (knee) and Derrick Rose (foot) sidelined. Without two of their go - to players, Kristaps Porzingis drew most of the touches on offense, while Willy Hernangomez, Mindaugas Kuzminskas and Ron Baker drew starts. Portland scored 67 points in the first half and were able to go to cruise control for the second half, as the defensively inefficient Knicks had no answer for the backcourt scoring the Blazers brought in the contest. Damian Lillard led all scorers with 30 points, to go with five assists and four rebounds on 9 - of - 17 shooting, while C.J. McCollum added 20 points in the win. Evan Turner and Allen Crabbe saw 24 minutes and 34 minutes, respectively, while combining for 21 points off the bench. Porzingis led all Knicks scorers with 18 points on 21 shots, while adding nine rebounds, one assist, one steal and three blocks. Hernangomez went 5 - of - 10 from the field, scored 10 points and added eight rebounds. The Knicks shot just 23 percent from behind the arc and 41 percent from the field. Both teams play on Saturday, as the Blazers host the Minnesota Timberwolves, while the Knicks visit the San Antonio Spurs.
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 "TeamStat(G,'Knicks') has 23 Percentage of 3 points ,has 41 Percentage of field goals ,has 45 Losses ,has 95 Total points ,has 27 Wins ."]