Josh Hart said the goal in the second half of the 110-93 win over Portland was pretty simple, "Play better defense and play harder." The Knicks did both while on the offensive end, OG Anunoby continues to ascend with his sixth consecutive game of 20 points or more.

It's hard to become the first to ever do something in the Knicks long and storied history, but Josh Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns did just that on Tuesday night against the Mavericks: Towns and Hart became the first Knicks teammates to get triple-doubles in the same game during a comfortable home win against the shorthanded Mavericks (no Anthony Davis on the second night of a back-to-back).

Josh Hart and Karl-Anthony Towns etched their names into franchise history, a pair of triple-doubles carrying the Knicks to a much-needed win Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. The convincing 128-113 victory over the Dallas Mavericks was one-sided enough that they could watch from the bench in the end.