While a narrow home win versus the dreadful Washington Wizards is not worthy of celebration whatsoever, New York Knicks fans have plenty of reasons to smile on this Thursday night. Yes, most revolve around All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson, but a mind-boggling OG Anunoby statistic will have the entire city sending a fruit basket to the office of president of basketball operations Leon Rose.

The two-way wing, who recorded 19 points (6-of-9 shooting), seven rebounds and two blocks in the 113-109 victory, has a 170 plus-minus in 10 games with the Knicks, per Tommy Beer. No NBA player has ever produced a better rating in their first 10 games with a team.

The acquisition of Anunoby has been the perfect way for the franchise to bring in the new year. Trading away the third and fourth highest scorers on the team in RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley raised some eyebrows, but the 26-year-old is inspiring renewed hope among fans.

Since he arrived from the Toronto Raptors, the Knicks are 8-2 and look like an actual sleeper in the Eastern Conference playoffs. OG Anunoby is thriving under the leadership of Tom Thibodeau by playing elite defense and efficient offense (50.5 percent shooting from the field, 41.5 percent from 3-point range). The former first-round pick gives this group exactly what it needs and is therefore ensuring that he's indispensable to the organization when it comes time to negotiate a new contract this year.

Consequently, Thibodeau implicitly trusts him. Anunoby logged a team-high 43 minutes against the Wizards and has played at least that much in the last three games. Based on his absurd plus-minus, the Knicks would be wise to continue leaning on this X-factor.