NEW YORK (Interstat) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points, 16 rebounds, three assists and one block in 27 minutes, and Jalen Brunson scored 23 points with four rebounds and two assists as the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 117-85 on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. New York won its fourth straight game and improved to 6-4. Milwaukee fell to 1-10 and has lost seven consecutive games. The Knicks have won six of seven since an 0-3 start. Milwaukee’s only victory this season came against Indiana. Attendance was 19,812.

New York led 26-21 after the first quarter and broke the game open in the second. Myles Turner opened the scoring with a 26-foot 3-pointer, and Ryan Rollins made a 24-foot step-back 3 to tie the score at 13. Mikal Bridges made a 12-foot driving floater, Landry Shamet hit two 3-pointers, and Towns scored on a tip shot and made two free throws. Nate Ament made a 2-foot shot and Kasparas Jakucionis made a 25-foot 3-pointer late in the first, while Miles McBride hit a 25-foot 3-pointer to help New York take a 26-21 lead after one. Tyler Kolek gave the Knicks a lift off the bench and finished with 12 points, three rebounds, four assists and one block in 15 minutes. Kolek made a 23-foot 3-pointer with 8:43 left in the half and followed with a running layup. Shamet added a running layup, McBride hit a 25-foot 3-pointer, and OG Anunoby made two 3-pointers before halftime, the last a 24-footer off a Brunson assist. The Knicks outscored the Bucks 32-13 in the second quarter and led 58-34 at halftime. The run turned a five-point lead after one quarter into a 24-point cushion.

Milwaukee responded in the third quarter. Ryan Rollins and Jaime Jaquez helped the Bucks cut into the deficit. Rollins made a 24-foot 3-pointer early in the period, later added a 23-foot step-back 3, and finished with 14 points, five rebounds and two assists. Jaquez scored 16 points, grabbed five rebounds and had three assists. Kasparas Jakucionis made a 26-foot 3-pointer and a running layup in the period. Milwaukee scored 38 points in the third quarter and trimmed New York’s lead to 85-72 entering the fourth. The Bucks kept the pressure on with dribble penetration and second-chance opportunities, but New York answered with another round of 3-point shooting.

New York put the game away in the fourth. Towns made a 25-foot 3-pointer, Kolek made a 26-foot 3-pointer, Towns added another 26-foot 3, and Anunoby made two 24-foot 3-pointers during a surge that pushed the lead to 106-78. Gary Trent scored five points for Milwaukee. Pacome Dadiet made a layup and free throw, then added a 26-foot 3-pointer and a 16-foot pull-up jumper, and Dalton Knecht hit a 23-foot 3-pointer to close the scoring. Anunoby finished with 19 points, three rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes and made five 3-pointers. Brunson had 23 points, four rebounds and two assists in 28 minutes. Towns, who had 29 points and 13 rebounds in New York’s previous game at Cleveland, added three assists and one block in 27 minutes. The Knicks played the front end of a back-to-back and received a sizable bench contribution.

Andre Drummond had two points, 14 rebounds and three assists in 16 minutes for New York, and Shamet scored 10 points with three rebounds and two assists. McBride had eight points, and New York outscored Milwaukee by 39 while he was on the floor. Mikal Bridges had four points, five rebounds, one assist and one block. For Milwaukee, Kyle Kuzma scored five points and grabbed five rebounds with three assists and one block. The Knicks shot 40 of 89 from the floor, including 17 of 44 from 3-point range, and made 20 of 25 free throws. Milwaukee shot 30 of 79 from the floor, 16 of 44 from beyond the arc, and 9 of 10 from the free throw line. New York held an 18-7 edge in offensive rebounds. Both teams finished with seven assists. New York committed 10 turnovers and Milwaukee had 12. Milwaukee was whistled for 25 fouls, while New York had 13. New York scored 117 points on 93 possessions for an offensive rating of 126.0. Milwaukee scored 85 points on 89 possessions for an offensive rating of 95.8.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of New York 110, Milwaukee 103. Interstat’s ELO system had projected New York with a 99 percent probability to win. New York had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -15.5. The total score of 202 went over the over/under line of 222.