Karl-Anthony Towns led all scorers with 30 points and 11 rebounds. OG Anunoby continued his exquisite play with 24 points in 35 minutes. Josh Hart fell one rebound short of a triple-double with 16 points and 11 assists, though he may have been irked about being pulled in the final minute and darted to the locker room.

Towns had 19 points (7-13 FG, 0-3 3Pt, 5-6 FT), 13 rebounds, one assist, one block and one steal over 36 minutes during Sunday's 112-98 victory over Phoenix.

New York thoroughly dominated the opening half of a weekend doubleheader, annihilating the Atlanta Hawks by a 121-105 on Saturday at State Farm Arena. Both Brunson and Mitchell Robinson sat out of the showdown but the Knicks (49-28) kept them entertained with a thorough thrashing of the hated Hawks.