Mitchell Robinson with the rebound vs Orlando. Photo courtesy NY Knicks.
The Magic did a job on the Knicks with their physical play, taking out Landry Shamet with a shoulder separation early, and outmuscling the Knicks in the 4th quarter for an easy 133-121 win in Orlando on a Saturday night.
Shamet was knocked out of the game and maybe the season in the 1st quarter by running into a hard screen set by Orlando center Wendell Carter Jr. who lowered his shoulder into Shamet. Shamet hurried off the court straight to the lockerroom in obvious pain, holding his shoulder — the same one he separated in training camp before last season. To add insult to injury, he was incorrectly called for a foul on the play.
NY hung with Orlando until the 4th, when their aggressive play ripped the game away from NY — with Jalen Suggs, Franz Wagner, Anthony Black, Jonathan Isaac, and Tristan da Silva amping up their play to run the Knicks off the court. Wagner had 37 pts on 13-19 shooting, Suggs added 26 pts, and Desmond Bane had 27.
Jalen Brunson led NY with 33 pts, Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 pts, and Mikal Bridges had 18 pts.
NY looked like a team that has lost its MOJO since firing Tom Thibodeau — just another good NBA team but not as good as Orlando or division-leading Detroit. Albiet NY is without OG Anunoby (still out with a hamstring pull), and now Shamet.
NY falls to 9-6; Orlando improves to 10-7.
1. Orlando Takes Shamet Out in 1st Quarter
The Knicks jumped out to an 8-2 lead with scoring by Mikal Bridges assisted by Landry Shamet, when Wendell Carter Jr. lowered the boom on Shamet with an illegal screen that the refs didn’t see — instead calling the foul on Shamet. Shamet was gone to the lockerroom with what looked like a separated shoulder. His season is in jeopardy.
Josh Hart replaced Shamet, and the Knicks continued to push the score — taking a 15-5 lead as Jalen Brunson hit consecutive 3’s — the later of which was a 4-pt play as Jalen Suggs fouled him.
Jalen Brunson gets the 4 point play 😤 pic.twitter.com/3k4k9CjlzL
— Knicks Videos (@sny_knicks) November 22, 2025
But Franz Wagner, Wendell Carter Jr., and Jalen Suggs led Orlando on a 14-0 run to take a 19-15 lead. NY battled back on a bucket by Hart and consecutive 3’s by Mikal Bridges and Brunson, and then Brunson fed Mitchell Robinson for two alley oop dunks in the final 2 minutes — the first giving NY a 25-23 lead, the 2nd giving NY a 29-27 lead with 29 seconds left in the quarter.
MITCHELL ROBINSON GOIN WAYYYY 🆙 pic.twitter.com/X5NLEwwSj0
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) November 22, 2025
Desmond Bane made a drive-and-1 to give Orlando a 31-29 lead after 1 quarter.
2. NY Leads 66-64 at the Half
The Knicks outscored the Magic 37-33 in the 2nd quarter to take a 66-64 halftime lead. Jordan Clarkson added punch off the Knicks bench, and he and KAT led the NY attack.
KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS INCOMING 😤 pic.twitter.com/2HOfELkqqr
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) November 22, 2025
3. Orlando Up 98-93 After 3 Quarters
Tyler Kolek saw a lot of playing time with Shamet out — and Kolek played well. Kolek stole the ball twice in the 3rd quarter. He finished with 17 minutes and had 8 points on 2-3 shooting (1-2 from 3, 3-6 in free throws) with the 2 steals.
Mohamed Diawara also got more action — 10 minutes but 0 points on 0-4 shooting.
KAT and Brunson did much of the Knick scoring in the 3rd, but Orlando edged ahead 98-93 entering the 4th.
4. Orlando Bullies NY in 4th
The game was 109-104 Orlando with 8:31 left in the 4th after a Mitchell Robinson slam off a Brunson feed. But Franz Wagner made a bucket inside and then a 3 to put Orlando up 10. Knick timeout.
After the timeout, Jalen Suggs entered the game for Orlando — and he immediately hit a 3.
Suggs then knocked the ball away from Josh Hart at midcourt, and muscled the ball away from Hart in a tussle on the floor — and Hart was called for a foul and got a technical too as he accidentally grabbed Suggs’ neck. Suggs celebrated afterwards on the court.
Josh Hart was called for a technical foul after putting his hands on the neck of Jalen Suggs. pic.twitter.com/icZtknyHR0
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) November 23, 2025
Suggs hit the technical free throw and Orlando was up 118-104 and were on their way.
The play epitomized the game and maybe (hopefully not) the season, as Orlando seemed to show they — along with Detroit — have passed the Knicks in defensive MOJO.
The Boxscore
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810124