Mikal Bridges summed up the key to the Knicks 119-109 win over Atlanta on Monday evening: "Just playing defense, just playing hard, everybody connected, Josh Hart felt, "We've been struggling a little bit,

Josh Hart pirouetted as he swiped the ball from Guerschon Yabusele, then floated the pass to Mikal Bridges for the alley-oop slam, then screamed as Bridges hung on the rim with one hand. That was the exclamation point on a Wednesday night when the “Nova Knicks’” fingerprints were all over a 125-119 overtime victory over the shorthanded 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center.

Jalen Brunson scored 34 points to lead the New York Knicks to a 119-110 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday. It was the 68th 30-plus point game in Brunson’s career as a Knick, and it helped New York improve to 28-16.

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Brunson and Towns represent the first pair of Knicks teammates to start in the All-Star Game since 1975, when Earl “The Pearl” Monroe and Walt “Clyde” Frazier donned the orange and blue.

Knicks captain Jalen Brunson lamented the team's poor start and lack of physicality in the loss to Minnesota. OG Anunoby thought it boiled down to "they made shots and we didn't." in the fourth quarter while Mikal Bridges simply stated: "We have to be better.

But Jalen Brunson had another target in mind. While he certainly would never admit it, in the flow of trying to lift the Knicks to a much-needed win, he was attacking Atlanta defensive stopper Dyson Daniels, who had begun to garner a reputation for frustrating Brunson.

Jalen Brunson was held to 17 points but delivered the go-ahead basket with 2:18 remaining for the visiting New York Knicks, struggled on offense for most of the fourth quarter before making enough plays down the stretch in a 99-95 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday.

With Karl-Anthony Towns relegated a spectator due to a thumb injury, the Knicks' Villanova contingent had another sterling evening at Wells Fargo Center, as former Villanova Wildcats Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Josh Hart each rose to the occasion in a 125-119 overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Struggling in the latest chapter of the New York Knicks' ongoing rivalry with the Brooklyn Nets, Jalen Brunson made sure to save the best for last. A late scori

Brunson scored 38 points and took control in overtime, while Hart recorded a triple-double and Bridges scored 23 points in the city where they became college stars.

Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 16 rebounds, Jalen Brunson scored eight points down the stretch and finished with 17 as the New York Knicks beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-95