But the Knicks have been chugging along thanks in large part to a high-powered offense led by Golf Digest/Loop favorite Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson. Oh, and Mikal Bridges, who casually dropped 41 points on San Antonio on Christmas Day.

After the Magic stayed competitive for 2 ½ quarters, the Knicks finally created separation behind Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson and ran away.

A scintillating second half surge paced the Knicks' latest victory, as they once again mastered the Orlando Magic at Kia Center, posting a 108-85 victory on Friday night. New York (21-10) has now won six in a row, the longest active tally in the Eastern Conference pending Cleveland's late result in Denver.

The Knicks guard and Maryland native guard couldn't resist poking fun at his teammates who root for the Eagles after Washington's comeback victory.

"I think I did a tweet yesterday, someone said something about (scoring) 30 points and I just said hey, bro, that's not my job [laughs]. Plays like that, that's my job."The Knicks had a seemingly safe six-point lead going into the final minute but Chris Paul hit a three that made it a one-possession game again.

A Knicks fan on X wrote to Josh Hart earlier in the week that he wasn’t going to post again until the Knicks guard scored 30 points. Hart responded: “That ain’t my job brother. See you on the other side.

Victor Wembanyama and Karl-Anthony Towns are two of the NBA's best 7-footers. But it was 6-foot-4 Josh Hart's rebounding that iced the New York Knicks' Christmas win over the San Antonio Spurs.