Trae Young posted the most points in a game versus the Knicks in 2019-20, with 48 points on February 9, 2020.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player vs knicks 2020 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	Trae Young T. Young	48	2/9/2020	ATL	vs	NYK	48	1	13	2	0	13	30	43.3	6	13	46.2	16	16	100.0	64.8	0	1	7	1	+10
2	Trae Young T. Young	42	3/11/2020	ATL	vs	NYK	38	2	11	0	0	12	25	48.0	6	12	50.0	12	15	80.0	66.5	2	0	6	3	-4
3	Trae Young T. Young	42	12/17/2019	ATL	@	NYK	41	4	8	0	0	16	29	55.2	7	13	53.8	3	4	75.0	68.3	0	4	3	1	-18
4	Bradley Beal B. Beal	39	3/10/2020	WAS	vs	NYK	39	3	7	3	1	11	25	44.0	4	10	40.0	13	15	86.7	61.7	0	3	5	2	+14
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	38	1/3/2020	PHX	vs	NYK	38	3	7	0	0	14	27	51.9	2	5	40.0	8	8	100.0	62.3	0	3	4	4	+7
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	38	11/8/2019	DAL	vs	NYK	35	14	10	0	0	13	26	50.0	3	11	27.3	9	9	100.0	63.4	1	13	8	5	-5
7	James Harden J. Harden	37	2/24/2020	HOU	vs	NYK	34	6	9	2	0	14	25	56.0	4	11	36.4	5	9	55.6	63.9	2	4	6	3	+3
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	1/14/2020	MIL	vs	NYK	21	9	4	0	1	12	17	70.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	83.0	3	6	1	1	+32
9	James Harden J. Harden	35	3/2/2020	HOU	@	NYK	39	2	8	4	0	8	22	36.4	3	13	23.1	16	16	100.0	60.3	1	1	3	4	+9
10	Tobias Harris T. Harris	34	2/27/2020	PHI	vs	NYK	35	7	7	1	1	14	21	66.7	3	6	50.0	3	3	100.0	76.2	1	6	1	4	-6
11	Montrezl Harrell M. Harrell	34	1/5/2020	LAC	vs	NYK	36	6	3	0	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		8	12	66.7	64.7	2	4	3	3	+11
12	Buddy Hield B. Hield	34	12/13/2019	SAC	vs	NYK	36	12	3	0	0	14	23	60.9	6	13	46.2	0	0		73.9	4	8	3	3	+14
13	Kevin Love K. Love	33	2/3/2020	CLE	vs	NYK	41	13	6	0	1	12	20	60.0	4	9	44.4	5	5	100.0	74.3	1	12	1	4	-1
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33	11/14/2019	DAL	@	NYK	36	10	11	3	1	10	23	43.5	3	12	25.0	10	13	76.9	57.5	1	9	3	1	-3
15	Kemba Walker K. Walker	33	11/1/2019	BOS	vs	NYK	36	6	5	1	0	8	19	42.1	3	9	33.3	14	14	100.0	65.6	0	6	3	0	+4
16	John Collins J. Collins	32	2/9/2020	ATL	vs	NYK	50	16	3	0	1	12	19	63.2	1	3	33.3	7	9	77.8	69.7	5	11	0	2	+9
17	Paul George P. George	32	1/5/2020	LAC	vs	NYK	26	4	3	2	0	9	14	64.3	5	6	83.3	9	11	81.8	84.9	0	4	7	6	-1
18	Lou Williams L. Williams	32	1/5/2020	LAC	vs	NYK	35	2	9	0	0	9	18	50.0	6	10	60.0	8	8	100.0	74.3	1	1	7	1	+11
19	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	32	12/11/2019	GSW	vs	NYK	36	3	6	2	0	12	27	44.4	6	14	42.9	2	3	66.7	56.5	0	3	2	5	0
20	Kemba Walker K. Walker	32	10/26/2019	BOS	@	NYK	30	6	4	2	0	11	17	64.7	7	12	58.3	3	4	75.0	85.3	3	3	0	2	+13
21	LeBron James L. James	31	1/7/2020	LAL	vs	NYK	31	5	5	2	1	9	19	47.4	6	12	50.0	7	7	100.0	70.2	0	5	4	2	+26
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	31	12/10/2019	POR	vs	NYK	29	2	6	0	0	9	15	60.0	8	12	66.7	5	5	100.0	90.1	0	2	3	2	+28
23	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	31	11/27/2019	TOR	vs	NYK	30	8	2	1	0	12	22	54.5	5	8	62.5	2	3	66.7	66.5	1	7	3	1	+18
24	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	31	11/10/2019	CLE	@	NYK	30	2	3	1	0	10	16	62.5	5	8	62.5	6	8	75.0	79.4	1	1	0	3	+26
25	Bradley Beal B. Beal	30	2/12/2020	WAS	@	NYK	34	2	3	2	1	11	23	47.8	2	7	28.6	6	7	85.7	57.5	0	2	4	1	+16