The Lakers had one of the frontrunners for MVP, along with arguably the best-ever on the court.
But the Knicks had far more depth.
Advantage: depth.
Games like this are what the Knicks envisioned when they built the supporting cast around Jalen Brunson.
They had six players score in double-digits as they beat the Lakers 112-100 Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, extending their win streak to six.
It wasn’t Brunson nor Karl-Anthony Towns, who was just named an All-Star reserve earlier on Sunday, who led the Knicks in scoring.
It was OG Anunoby who carried that load for large stretches of the game, finishing with 25 points.
His offensive rebound and subsequent dunk put the Knicks up 12 with just under three minutes left, pretty much putting the game away.
Next up was Landry Shamet off the bench, going off for 23 points, his second-highest scoring game of the season.
He drilled six 3-pointers.
After that, it was Josh Hart, with one of his finest showings of the season.
He added 20 points and went 3-for-4 from 3-point range. Towns had 11 and Mikal Bridges had 10.
It allowed Brunson, who was struggling with his shot, to become more of a distributor.
He had just 12 points on 4-for-15 shooting but recorded a season-high 13 assists.
He added seven rebounds as well, nearly recording the first triple-double of his career.