Knicks offense starting to gel under new head coach Mike Brown

Seven games into the season, the new three-point-heavy offense of the New York Knicks is beginning to torch their opponents.

The Knicks shot 19-for-42 from three-point range and had six players score in double figures as they scored 83 points after halftime in a 137-114 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. OG Anunoby scored 25 points and Jalen Brunson had 10 of the Knicks' 32 assists in the win.

Coach Mike Brown has the Knicks bombing away from deep

Last season, the Knicks took 34.1 three-pointers per game, fourth-fewest in the NBA. This season they're up to 43.6 per game. In their last four games, the Knicks are averaging 18 triples and making them at a 42.4% clip.

Under old coach Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks had an efficient offense, but achieved that based on an isolation-heavy approach and a slow pace. That was how the Knicks had the fifth-fewest turnovers in the NBA and had a high field-goal percentage, but it was a low-upside approach.

Anunoby is particularly letting it fly, taking 7.3 attempts per game and making 41.2% of them. Jordan Clarkson and Landry Shamet provide three-point volume off the bench and Miles McBride has improved to 41.9% from deep.

Mikal Bridges is thriving as a facilitator

The Knicks extended Mikal Bridges this summer, and he's been a more effective offensive player this year while taking fewer shots. He's down to 16 PPG from last season's 17.6 PPG, but he's doing it while taking 3.3 fewer shots. Bridges is dishing 5.3 assists, up from 3.7 last season, as the team is taking advantage of his passing and cutting more than having him play in isolation, where he isn't as good.

But they're also rebounding better, and taking advantage when they do by running off rebounds. The Knicks crushed the Timberwolves on the glass Wednesday, 50-31, getting 10 rebounds each from Karl-Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson in a dual-big starting lineup. Robinson grabbed all those rebounds and blocked three shots in just 16 minutes.

Some of it is personnel, some of it is approach. Whatever the reason, the Knicks offense is on fire.