Brunson scores 33 points, leads the Knicks to a 135-105 win over the Bulls

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 33 points as the New York Knicks routed the Chicago Bulls 135-105 on Wednesday night.

OG Anunoby added 18 points and Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Knicks won for the fourth time in five games following an 0-3 start to the season.

The Bulls have lost six straight.

This one was over early as the Knicks used an 8-0 run to erase a 6-4 deficit, and they never trailed again.

New York increased its lead to 43-21 after the first quarter with Brunson scoring 22 of those points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field, including going 4 for 5 from 3-point range.

The lopsided scoring continued in the second quarter as the Knicks outscored the Bulls 41-31, marking the first time New York had scored 40 or more points in each of the first two quarters of a game.

The 84-52 halftime score tied the Knicks’ record for their most points in an opening half, matching the mark they reached on Nov. 18, 1988, in a 137-135 loss at Philadelphia.

New York’s lead ballooned to a game-high 44 points, 111-67, on Miles McBride’s four-point play with 3:23 left in the third quarter.

The Bulls only got as close as 30 points the rest of the way.

Dalton Knecht scored 10 points in his Knicks’ debut. Jordan Clarkson also had 10.

Tre Jones led the Bulls with 14 points. Matas Buzelis and Norman Powell each had 12 points, Jaylin Sellers added 11 and Josh Giddy scored 10.

Every Bulls’ opponent has scored at least 124 points this season.

The Knicks also beat the Bulls 133-127 on Oct. 28.

Bulls: Host the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.

Knicks: Visit Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.

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Chicago Bulls' Jalen Smith (25) defends New York Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Chicago Bulls' Tre Jones, center, shoots over New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns (32) fights for control of the ball with Chicago Bulls' Josh Giddey (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Chicago Bulls' Tre Jones, right, defends New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

New York Knicks' Landry Shamet (44) dunks the ball in front of Chicago Bulls' Matas Buzelis (14) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony reported Thursday a 44% surge in its profit for the July-September quarter, largely on the box office success of its movie, “ Spider-Man: Brand New Day.”

Sony Group Corp.’s profit in the last quarter totaled 449.6 billion yen ($2.8 billion), up from nearly 311 billion yen in the same period a year earlier. Quarterly sales edged up 10% to 3.4 trillion yen.

Apart from its hit film, continuing strong demand for Sony’s PlayStation game consoles helped boost the Tokyo-based company’s bottom line.

Sony sold 2.6 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the second quarter, compared with 4 million a year ago. The PlayStation 5 went on sale starting in 2020, and sales for such machines tend to decline with time.

Like other technology companies, Sony is facing the problem of a computer chip shortage because of the artificial intelligence boom.

But, as with other Japanese giant exporters, it has benefitted from the weakness of the Japanese yen, which raises the value of the company’s overseas earnings when converted into yen.

The U.S. dollar has been trading at about 158 Japanese yen lately, up from about 154 yen a year ago.

By business segment, Sony said its operating profit and sales rose for the latest quarter in its games, music and pictures operations.

Sony, which makes the Walkman portable audio player, Xperia smartphones and Bravia TV sets, raised its profit forecast for the full fiscal year through March 2027 to 1.3 trillion yen from an earlier 1.2 trillion yen.

The new projection would mark an improvement from Sony's 1 trillion yen net profit in the previous fiscal year.

Sony's shares closed 7% higher in Tokyo trading, shortly before its financial results were announced.

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FILE - A logo of Sony is seen at the headquarters of Sony Corp. on May 10, 2022, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)