Knicks cruise by bottom-feeding Wizards to push win streak to three

The Knicks feasted on a bottom-dweller.A big part of a successful regular season is winning the games you’re supposed to, and the Knicks handled their business Monday night with a 134-106 bludgeoning of the Wizards.They led by double-digits for the final 39 minutes — and by as many as 34 points — with Jalen Brunson’s 26-point, 11-assist stat line serving as the most impressive.It wrapped up, arguably, the Knicks’ easiest three-game stretch of the season with home wins over the Nets (twice) and Wizards.And unlike the Brooklyn matchups, Monday was never in doubt.A 37-12 run in the first quarter for the Knicks (8-6) took the fight out of the Wizards (2-11), who dropped their ninth straight and didn’t have the skill or desire to launch a comeback.The only notable unrelaxed Knick was Tom Thibodeau, a coach who famously views every lead as an unpinned grenade.

Thibs watched the reserves allow a fourth-quarter advantage drop to the mid-20s and he reinserted three starters, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby.They carried it until Thibodeau was comfortable again.Sign up for Inside the Knicks by Stefan Bondy, a weekly exclusive on Sports+.

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Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds.Hart, Anunoby and Bridges each had at least 14 points.

Cam Payne added 17 points off the bench while hitting 5 of 6 treys.Highlights were abundant for New York, but No.1 easily belonged to Jericho Sims.

With 6:09 left in the second quarter, Sims received a pocket pass from Brunson and lifted from the semicircle to throw down a jam on top of Washington’s Kyle Kuzma.It was a move reminiscent of Blake Griffin’s heyday in that Sims, a Slam Dunk contestant in 2023, threw the ball into the net without touching the rim.The Wizards, meanwhile, ...