Julius Randle put on a show at The Garden before heading to Atlanta for his first NBA All-Star game.
Randle’s near triple-double powered the New York Knicks to their first winning record at the All-Star break in eight years.
The Knicks improved to 19-18, sitting at fifth place in the Eastern Conference after a wire-to-wire 114-104 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday.
This marks the first time the Knicks are above .500 this late in the season since they were the Eastern Conference’s second seed at the All-Star break in 2013, the last time they reached the playoffs.