NEW YORK – The New York Knicks defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 137-114 on Wednesday night, improving to 5-0 at home. The win was New York’s third in as many games in the midst of a seven-game home stand, their longest since 2013.

The biggest stat-sheet discrepancy was rebounding, where the Knicks dominated the Timberwolves 50 to 31. Ten of those rebounds came from Mitchell Robinson in just 16 minutes.

Robinson had nine of New York’s 21 offensive rebounds on Wednesday. Minnesota grabbed nine offensive rebounds as a team, for reference. The center has missed five games thus far with “left ankle injury management,” but has been effective when available.

Knicks head coach Mike Brown told reporters after the game that Deuce McBride was designated the “defensive player of th

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