This is what it looks like when the Big Bodega is open for business.

With Jalen Brunson sidelined by a Grade 1 ankle sprain suffered late in Wednesday’s loss to the Magic , all eyes shifted to Karl-Anthony Towns — the underused but wildly talented scoring big who’d been quiet to start Year 1 under Mike Brown.

Quiet no more.

The Knicks finally unlocked their All-Star center, and they did it from the opening tip of Friday’s 140-132 win over the Miami Heat. Towns detonated for 31 first-half points and finished with 38 points, 11 rebounds and four assists on 14-of-26 shooting and 6-of-14 from three. Eighteen of those points came in a blistering first quarter.

He went 6-of-10 from deep in the first half, tying for the second-most threes in any half this season. And with 11-of-16 shoot

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