NEW YORK — Trey Murphy III scored 26 points, Brandon Ingram had 24 and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the New York Knicks 115-92 on Tuesday night.
Zion Williamson added 21 points for the Pelicans.
Donte DiVincenzo led the Knicks with 23 points and Bojan Bogdanovic added 20 off the bench.
Jalen Brunson (neck spasms) and Isaiah Hartenstein (Achilles tendinopathy) did not play for the Knicks, who are still without starters Julius Randle, OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson.
The Pelicans only led 48-47 at halftime, but scored the first 10 points of the second half and increased their lead to 65-52 on Jonas Valanciunas' dunk with 4:54 remaining in the third quarter.