Mikal Bridges scored 31 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 14 points and 19 rebounds, and the New York Knicks beat the injury-depleted New Orleans Pelicans 118-85.

Mikal Bridges tied a career-high with seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 31 points Sunday night for the New York Knicks, who led nearly wire-to-wire in a 118-85 win over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans.

Mikal Bridges gets a standing ovation after raining down a career-high seven 3s and 31 points as the Knicks rout the injury-riddled Pelicans.

Mikal Bridges responded quickly, positively and emphatically as the Knicks boat raced the shorthanded Pelicans at MSG. Bridges, facing increased criticism amid his early-season struggles, dropped 13 of his season-high 31 points in the opening quarter of Sunday’s 118-85 annihilation of New Orleans,

The New Orleans Pelicans (4-17) entered Madison Square Garden on a seven-game losing streak, short-handed and struggling. A Knicks (12-8) victory was expected. Abject humiliation was not. New York smothered the Pelicans with defense,

T he slumping New Orleans Pelicans head into New York for the very difficult task of taking on the Knicks today. Unfortunately, the Pelicans are on a seven-game losing streak and