Hart is the first Knick, and fifth overall, to earned a triple-double in back-to-back games since Michael Ray Richardson did so in 1981 and that unique brotherhood also includes Walt "Clyde" Frazier, Richie Guerin, and Jerry Lucas.

Payne also finished with eight points, nine assists and three steals for the Knicks, who will face the Western Conference leaders Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night

Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart pick up the slack in the absence of leading scorer Jalen Brunson. Read more at straitstimes.com.