Kobe Bryant posted the most points in a game against the Knicks in 2008-09, with 61 points on February 2, 2009.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player vs knicks 2009 in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	61	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	37	0	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
2	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	55	4/12/2009	MIA	vs	NYK	39	9	4	0	1	19	30	63.3	6	12	50.0	11	13	84.6	77.0	2	7	3	3	+24
3	LeBron James L. James	52	2/4/2009	CLE	@	NYK	44	9	11	0	2	17	33	51.5	2	7	28.6	16	19	84.2	62.9	0	9	3	1	+7
4	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	46	2/28/2009	MIA	vs	NYK	41	8	10	4	4	16	29	55.2	2	3	66.7	12	12	100.0	67.1	4	4	2	1	+8
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	39	11/16/2008	DAL	@	NYK	44	15	4	1	1	13	27	48.1	1	1	100.0	12	12	100.0	60.4	2	13	0	1	+13
6	T.J. Ford	36	1/31/2009	IND	vs	NYK	39	4	5	1	0	14	23	60.9	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	65.7	1	3	1	4	-12
7	Mike Taylor M. Taylor	35	3/25/2009	LAC	@	NYK	37	8	3	2	0	14	20	70.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	75.8	2	6	2	4	+20
8	Devin Harris D. Harris	35	3/8/2009	NJN	vs	NYK	43	3	10	2	0	12	22	54.5	1	4	25.0	10	14	71.4	62.1	1	2	2	1	+12
9	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	35	2/10/2009	GSW	vs	NYK	47	6	10	2	0	9	20	45.0	4	6	66.7	13	13	100.0	68.0	3	3	0	2	+18
10	Zach Randolph Z. Randolph	33	3/25/2009	LAC	@	NYK	38	6	3	2	0	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	75.4	3	3	3	1	0
11	Hedo Turkoglu H. Turkoglu	33	2/25/2009	ORL	@	NYK	41	4	3	0	1	11	17	64.7	3	5	60.0	8	10	80.0	77.1	0	4	2	2	+12
12	Jarrett Jack J. Jack	33	2/23/2009	IND	@	NYK	41	3	3	2	0	11	19	57.9	3	5	60.0	8	11	72.7	69.2	1	2	6	4	+2
13	Nick Young N. Young	33	1/14/2009	WAS	@	NYK	33	2	0	0	0	13	17	76.5	3	3	100.0	4	4	100.0	88.0	1	1	1	2	0
14	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	32	3/10/2009	MIL	vs	NYK	34	9	2	2	0	14	26	53.8	2	6	33.3	2	2	100.0	59.5	2	7	2	5	-6
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	32	12/28/2008	DEN	@	NYK	35	9	4	1	0	13	19	68.4	1	1	100.0	5	7	71.4	72.5	1	8	1	4	+2
16	Devin Harris D. Harris	32	12/10/2008	NJN	vs	NYK	36	0	7	0	0	12	22	54.5	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	0	5	5	-10
17	Corey Maggette C. Maggette	32	11/29/2008	GSW	@	NYK	42	12	2	0	0	12	20	60.0	0	3	0.0	8	10	80.0	65.6	4	8	5	5	-9
18	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	31	4/5/2009	TOR	vs	NYK	42	14	0	1	2	13	23	56.5	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	61.5	3	11	3	3	+1
19	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	31	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	41	14	5	0	2	12	17	70.6	0	0		7	8	87.5	75.5	4	10	2	2	+20
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	1/4/2009	BOS	@	NYK	42	7	4	1	0	10	17	58.8	4	6	66.7	7	7	100.0	77.2	1	6	3	2	-14
21	Josh Howard J. Howard	31	11/16/2008	DAL	@	NYK	46	14	2	1	3	12	24	50.0	1	3	33.3	6	9	66.7	55.4	6	8	2	3	+6
22	Kevin Martin K. Martin	30	3/20/2009	SAC	@	NYK	41	5	4	2	0	9	16	56.3	1	3	33.3	11	12	91.7	70.5	1	4	5	3	+33
23	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	30	2/11/2009	LAC	vs	NYK	43	3	5	0	2	10	16	62.5	4	8	50.0	6	8	75.0	76.8	0	3	3	2	+9
24	Caron Butler C. Butler	30	11/7/2008	WAS	vs	NYK	41	7	3	0	1	11	24	45.8	1	1	100.0	7	11	63.6	52.0	0	7	1	3	+5
25	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	29	3/31/2009	DEN	vs	NYK	35	4	4	0	0	13	20	65.0	1	3	33.3	2	6	33.3	64.0	0	4	4	3	+9