Three things to Know: Don’t look now but the Knicks have won six straight

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February was a good month for the Knicks.

While they were relatively quiet at the trade deadline, they went 9-2 on the court — with a +8.4 net rating that is third-best in the league in that stretch — and have now won six straight after beating the Celtics at Madison Square Garden Monday (with help from some ice cold Boston shooting). As Knicks fans will quickly point out, they are 6-0 in the Josh Hart era, although Hart himself says to stop that talk.

Honestly hate this 6-0 since trade headline. Let’s put it to bed. The teams hooping and clicking, TOGETHER!

— Josh Hart (@joshhart) February 28, 2023

The February run means the Knicks are not only the fifth seed in the East, but they should also be able to hold that position — the stripped-down Nets are sixth (the Knicks play them next), the up-and-down Heat are seventh 2.5 games back, and after that are the Hawks four games back. The Knicks have control of a top-five seed in their own hands.

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