The Knicks took it to the Washington Wizards on Sunday night with a dominant 145-113 win at MSG for the team's sixth consecutive victory.

Here are the takeaways...

-- New York was off and running from the opening tip, scoring on the first possession and never looking back. They scored 32 points in the first quarter led by Jalen Brunson's 12 and led for the entirety of the frame. The Wizards got close a few times and even tied it for a brief moment in the second quarter, but the Knicks followed that up with an 18-4 run that crushed any chance of a Washington comeback.

-- By halftime, New York led by 16 points and was firing on all cylinders. Karl-Anthony Towns finished with a game-high 26 points and was a monster on the glass with 16 rebounds. Josh Hart filled the stat sheet with 16 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals, and Mikal Bridges had a game-high plus-minus rating of plus-28 in his 30 minutes of action.

-- After scoring 68 points in the first half, the Knicks were even better in the second half and put up a ridiculous 77 points. They shot 58.5 percent from the field and 53.1 percent from deep.

-- With the help of Towns as well as Mitchell Robinson, New York also dominated the interior. The Knicks outrebounded the Wizards, 48-28, and put up 64 points in the paint compared to Washington's 38. Robinson joined KAT with a double-double of his own off the bench in just 17 minutes, and New York emptied its bench to give some of its reserves extended minutes.

-- With the game already in the bag, Tyler Kolek still got the Garden on its feet at the end by going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc and scoring 11 points in five minutes. Jeremy Sochan was also able to make a difference in his time on the court, grabbing six rebounds in eight minutes.

-- For the Wizards, who have now lost 16 in a row, their leading scorer was Jaden Hardy with 25 points.

Game MVP: Josh Hart

The do-it-all guard once again did it all with his 16/6/4 stat line on an efficient 5-for-9 from the floor (3-for-3 from three) in 28 minutes.

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