CHARLOTTE — For the first time this season, the Knicks had Mitchell Robinson available, but Mike Brown opted to go a different way with his starting five, leaving Robinson on the bench and putting Karl-Anthony Towns at center with Josh Hart and Deuce McBride joining regulars in the lineup.

And it would be hard to argue that this wasn’t the move the Knicks needed to make.

The group combined to become the first team in franchise history since at least 1996-97 when halftime stats were tracked to all score in double-figures in the first half, and more importantly, pushed the Knicks to a 25-point halftime lead on the way to an easy 129-101 win over the Charlotte Hornets at the Spectrum Center.

The victory finished off a 3-3 road trip and pushed the Knicks to 2-1 in group play of the NBA Cup

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