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Does winning the NBA Cup help the Knicks’ pursuit of their first NBA title since '73? Can they beat the Thunder in the Finals? Yes and yes.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 36 points with 16 rebounds, Jalen Brunson added 34 points and the Knicks defeated the Hawks Hawks 128-125 on Saturday night.

The New York Knicks' NBA Cup win was celebrated by Timothée Chalamet and Ben Stiller, as Karl-Anthony Towns revealed. After beating the San Antonio Spurs, the New York Knicks won the NBA Cup, and Karl-Anthony Towns celebrated with Timothée Chalamet and Ben Stiller, who are lifelong fans of the team.

New York helped temper a half-century of heartbreak with some hardware in the recently created NBA Cup. They hope it’s a sign of things to come.

It was during that era of the NBA in which the New York Knicks won their only two championships, in 1970 and 1973, meaning the only physical evidence they have of winning those titles are the banners that still hang in the rafters of Madison Square Garden (unless the team has a couple replicas sitting around somewhere).

New York is on a heater and the odds took notice. Can they outlast the rest of the East to challenge the stacked West?

The Knicks went to the wire with the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night, ultimately coming out on top with a 130-125 win.