Anthony Davis had the most points in a game versus the Knicks in 2017-18, with 48 points on January 14, 2018.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player vs knicks 2018 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	Anthony Davis A. Davis	48	1/14/2018	NOP	@	NYK	50	17	0	4	3	17	30	56.7	2	6	33.3	12	15	80.0	65.6	6	11	4	2	0
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	37	3/6/2018	POR	vs	NYK	32	2	1	2	0	10	18	55.6	8	11	72.7	9	11	81.8	81.0	1	1	2	1	+14
3	James Harden J. Harden	37	11/25/2017	HOU	vs	NYK	37	2	10	3	0	12	27	44.4	5	13	38.5	8	10	80.0	58.9	0	2	1	1	+2
4	Bradley Beal B. Beal	36	2/14/2018	WAS	@	NYK	43	5	7	3	2	14	22	63.6	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	75.8	0	5	3	2	+6
5	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	34	12/3/2017	ORL	@	NYK	35	12	3	0	2	13	19	68.4	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	77.0	2	10	1	5	+13
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	34	11/3/2017	PHX	@	NYK	33	2	1	2	0	10	19	52.6	2	7	28.6	12	12	100.0	70.0	0	2	3	5	-2
7	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	33	1/10/2018	CHI	@	NYK	46	10	1	2	1	10	22	45.5	8	15	53.3	5	5	100.0	68.2	1	9	1	1	+3
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32	1/23/2018	GSW	vs	NYK	33	6	7	0	0	9	19	47.4	8	15	53.3	6	6	100.0	73.9	0	6	1	2	+4
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	32	12/21/2017	BOS	@	NYK	37	3	4	1	0	12	27	44.4	6	15	40.0	2	2	100.0	57.4	0	3	1	2	-6
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32	11/27/2017	POR	@	NYK	38	1	5	1	0	10	20	50.0	1	6	16.7	11	11	100.0	64.4	0	1	3	0	+14
11	Kemba Walker K. Walker	31	3/26/2018	CHA	vs	NYK	39	2	7	0	0	11	21	52.4	4	12	33.3	5	5	100.0	66.8	0	2	3	1	+10
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	31	2/24/2018	BOS	@	NYK	35	9	8	2	0	11	22	50.0	6	12	50.0	3	4	75.0	65.2	1	8	2	1	+22
13	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	31	1/14/2018	NOP	@	NYK	45	5	4	4	1	12	19	63.2	3	7	42.9	4	5	80.0	73.1	1	4	4	2	+13
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	31	12/30/2017	NOP	vs	NYK	36	9	1	0	5	11	24	45.8	0	4	0.0	9	12	75.0	52.9	2	7	3	3	-3
15	James Harden J. Harden	31	11/1/2017	HOU	@	NYK	35	5	9	0	0	9	23	39.1	6	17	35.3	7	9	77.8	57.5	1	4	7	5	+21
16	Tobias Harris T. Harris	31	10/21/2017	DET	@	NYK	38	6	1	0	0	13	24	54.2	3	9	33.3	2	3	66.7	61.2	3	3	0	3	+7
17	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	30	3/13/2018	DAL	@	NYK	34	4	4	0	0	10	19	52.6	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	65.3	2	2	2	0	+17
18	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	30	3/9/2018	MIL	vs	NYK	31	4	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	80.5	0	4	1	3	-4
19	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	30	2/11/2018	IND	vs	NYK	39	8	9	6	1	10	24	41.7	2	8	25.0	8	10	80.0	52.8	0	8	1	1	+4
20	Rodney Hood R. Hood	30	11/15/2017	UTA	@	NYK	32	3	3	0	2	10	20	50.0	6	12	50.0	4	5	80.0	67.6	1	2	1	4	+7
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	29	3/15/2018	PHI	@	NYK	32	10	4	0	2	11	21	52.4	2	5	40.0	5	7	71.4	60.2	4	6	3	3	+10
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29	2/2/2018	MIL	vs	NYK	37	11	2	3	2	10	21	47.6	1	3	33.3	8	12	66.7	55.2	0	11	2	2	+3
23	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	29	1/21/2018	LAL	vs	NYK	38	6	10	3	0	12	19	63.2	1	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	68.4	3	3	1	2	+23
24	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	29	1/2/2018	SAS	@	NYK	37	6	2	1	1	10	23	43.5	1	2	50.0	8	10	80.0	52.9	2	4	0	2	+14
25	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	29	12/30/2017	NOP	vs	NYK	40	19	4	1	0	9	19	47.4	3	6	50.0	8	9	88.9	63.2	2	17	1	3	-3