Jalen Brunson scored 33 points in three quarters Friday night for the host New York Knicks, who rode their biggest game-opening run on record to a 146-112 rout of the visiting Utah Jazz.

The Knicks raced out to a 23-0 lead, their longest game-opening run since at least 1996-97, when the NBA began tracking play-by-play data.

New York led by at least 19 thereafter as it completed a second straight wire-to-wire win. The Knicks, who beat the Charlotte Hornets 119-104 on Wednesday, improved to 12-1 at Madison Square Garden, their best start at home since the 1992-93 team won 13 of its first 14 games on its court.

The victory Friday was the second-most lopsided of the season for the Knicks, who routed the Brooklyn Nets 134-98 on Nov. 9.

Miles McBride scored 22 points off the bench and was 7-

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