In their return from a five-game West Coast trip, the Knicks (43-24) opened their first of five straight games against sub-.500 teams by earning their third win in the past four games, putting away the Heat with a 41-15 third-quarter beatdown.

The Knicks added to Miami misery with a 116-95 victory at Madison Square Garden, dooming the reeling Heat to their eighth consecutive loss. New York, on the other hand, improved to 3-2 in the post-Jalen Brunson era and guaranteed themselves a seed no worse than ninth on the Eastern Conference leaderboard.

Josh Hart tied a franchise record with his eighth triple-double of the season on Monday night for the host New York Knicks, who overcame a slow start to rout the reeling Miami Heat, 116-95.