Some truths are self-evident. Thomas Jefferson, writing on deadline, noted one hot Philadelphia night in 1776: “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Those were big ones.

There are others: the inarguable pleasure of a hot-fudge sundae (or a cold beer) on a stifling summer day; the genius of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid;” the four-sided brilliance of “Exile on Main Street;” Jonathan Groff channeling Bobby Darin in “Just in Time.”

As it pertains to the Knicks, the self-evident truth is the simplest one of all: