NEW YORK — Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 16 rebounds ... OG Anunoby scored 20 points and Precious Achiuwa had 11 points off the bench as the Knicks won their second straight game.

NEW YORK — Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 16 rebounds ... OG Anunoby scored 20 points and Precious Achiuwa had 11 points off the bench as the Knicks won their second straight game.

Towns (thumb) was able to go through a full practice Sunday, Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News reports. Towns has missed the past two games for the Knicks, but he's been labeled as day-to-day since he picked up an injury to his thumb and wrist.

Towns (thumb) is questionable for Monday's game against Atlanta. Towns missed the past two games for New York, but he was a true game-time call Friday against the Timberwolves. He was able to practice Sunday,

Nikola Jokic is well on his way to becoming one of the greatest basketball players of all time. What the New York Knicks have done to him in two games should be considered a miracle. New York beat the Denver Nuggets for the second time this season Wednesday night with a 122-112 victory at Madison Square Garden.

A Knicks insider believes the team is likely to trade its young big man, and the Rockets could be a possible suitor

Jokic has been as dominant as ever this season, but the Knicks were able to hold him to an uncharacteristically unproductive outing on Wednesday.

The proposed trade would bring in the two-time All-Star big man to boost the Knicks roster ahead of the playoffs.

A final differentiator for the Knicks over their last five games is pace. New York is eighth in pace over that span (99.15). Conversely, the Knicks rank 24th in pace on the season (97.97), which includes the last five games. So, something has changed regarding how many possessions they're generating.

On Wednesday, Tom Thibodeau's team beat the Nuggets, 122-112, to extend their winning streak to five. It was their third consecutive win against a team above .500 after they crushed the Grizzlies and Kings in back-to-back routs with a combined victory margin of 60 points.

New York doesn’t have to do anything between now and the trade deadline to reach its goals. The Knicks have been fine with the roster as is. With that said, the sense around the league is that the Knicks will do something minor in order to bolster their bench, whether sooner by getting a player back in a trade or later in the buyout market.