Josh Hart reached a brand new degree to show he isn’t a one-dimensional participant on Tuesday evening.
The veteran notched his ninth triple-double of the season within the Knicks’ 128-113 win over the Mavericks at Madison Sq. Backyard, surpassing Walt “Clyde” Frazier for many triple-doubles in a single season within the franchise’s historical past.
Frazier, who held the report for 56 years, accomplished his eighth triple-double on March 21 of the 1968-69 season towards the Suns with 24 factors, 14 assists and 11 rebounds.
Hart broke the report with 16 factors, 11 assists, and 12 rebounds.
“It’s only a blessing. I obtained an ideal group of fellows,” Hart stated. “Nice high-character group of fellows. Means I no less than performed 9 good video games out of 82 thus far, or sixty no matter. However yeah man, it’s only a blessing. Can’t say greater than that.”
Outdoors of the feat, it was an essential capturing evening for Hart, who hadn’t discovered the basket as simply within the Knicks earlier eight video games, all with out Jalen Brunson.
Hart averaged 40.8 % capturing from the sector and 37.5 % from 3-point vary, averaging 9.9 factors per sport earlier than Tuesday.
Within the 59 video games earlier than Brunson landed on the well being invoice, Hart shot 54.7 % from the sector and 32.8 from past the arc for 14.5 factors.
But, scoring isn’t the singular factor that defines Hart, and Karl-Anthony Cities, who additionally had a triple-double to mark the primary time in franchise historical past two Knicks recorded a triple-double in the identical sport, was glad to see his teammate have a number of of his skills represented in a single sport.
“The way in which he does it’s particular. It’s all power, it’s effort, and it’s for the betterment of the workforce,” Cities stated. “I’m simply completely happy that Josh will get stats on the sheet that present the influence he’s making on the sport as a result of I really feel there’s far more stats that don’t present up on the stat sheet that he does for our workforce. So, I’m completely happy he’s having this second.”
Hart grabbed the sport ball following the win, however didn’t take it for himself. Moderately, he gave it to rookie Kevin McCullar Jr., who scored his first profession factors within the fourth quarter.
“For me, that’s a straightforward determination,” he stated. “That report is cool and a blessing, however on the finish of the day that report’s going to get damaged in some unspecified time in the future. … Getting your first NBA factors, nobody goes to take that away from you.”
