Josh Hart’s season debut was worth the wait.

One wouldn’t have been able to tell Hart had been dealing with back stiffness and soreness Friday night given his “monster” showing in the Knicks’ 105-95 win against the Celtics that had Mike Brown singing his praises.

Hart grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench. 3

Jordan Clarkson may have gotten Brown’s defensive player of the game award, but Hart was a worthy runner-up, considering the way he was hounding any man in green.

“Josh, man, monster, monster, monster. … He guarded everybody,” Brown said. “Not only did he guard everybody, he had six offensive rebounds, eight defensive. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen this before — 14 rebounds in 19 minutes — just a phenomenal, phenomenal game doing the dirty stuff by Jo

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