When the game was over in Boston Tuesday night the Knicks said all the right things. The admitted their flaws that had ruined a fast start and marked disappointing end to a four-game winning streak.

Less than 24 hours later they had a chance to atone for those flaws, to show a lesson learned. And while there were moments, this time the Knicks managed to never give up the early lead, and after a scare, pulled away for a 119-104 win over the Charlotte Hornets at Madison Square Garden.

The Hornets aren’t the Celtics and being at home rather than in Boston helped, too. But mostly it was the Knicks seeming to finally get the wake-up call courtesy of their stars as Karl-Anthony Towns poured in 35 points, capped by a reverse dunk finish of a fast break in the final minutes and grabbed 18 reboun

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