After the Knicks scored the fewest points in an NBA game in over three years without him Sunday in a loss to the Philadelphia 76ersat Madison Square Garden, Anunoby returned from a several-week absence due to an elbow injury to help deliver a 106-79 win over their rivals down Interstate 95.
Anunoby finished with 14 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists and was a plus-28 in 29 minutes.
“Everything felt good,” Anunoby said in his first game in several weeks after undergoing surgery to remove loose bodies from his right [shooting] elbow. “I was excited to be back out there. It was fun.”
It was a lot more fun all around for New York (38-27), after the Knicks scored just 73 points Sunday and both the Knicks and Philadelphia (36-29) combined for the lowest point total in more than eight years in the 76ers’ 79-73 win. In this one, however, New York jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, leading by 20-plus for most of the second half on its way to a more-than-comfortable victory.
