Wendell Carter Jr. scored 16 points and pulled down eight boards for Orlando, while Cole Anthony added 18 points. Before departing the game in the fourth quarter due to an ankle injury, Franz Wagner scored 16 points. The Knicks dropped their third consecutive game despite 25 points from Quentin Grimes and Immanuel Quickley each. In total, Julius Randle had nine rebounds and 23 points. The Knicks went nearly five and a half minutes without scoring in the second quarter as they fell down 46-27 with Jalen Brunson out due to injury and Randle sitting on the bench.
Randle and Quickley were fighting as they left the court at the conclusion of the first half, with Quickley trying to detain Randle when he was called for a technical foul by referee Leon Wood.