With just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter of a one-possession ball game against the Denver Nuggets at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Jalen Brunson spliced into the paint, forced the defense to collapse on the drive, then hit the open man — Mikal Bridges — wide open for a shot that would have put the Knicks up by five.

A player both the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics would have loved to have before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline […]

Take it from the man who supposedly put it together — there was no players-only meeting. After ESPN reported two weeks ago that Jalen Brunson summoned his teammates to discuss the importance of accountability,

Landry Shamet finished 8-of-13 from the field, including 6-of-10 on 3-pointers, in Sunday’s win over the Lakers.

The New York Knicks are back! Following a stretch so disappointing that it felt as if the team was a loss or two away from someone losing their job, the Knicks have won six straight, with five of those six victories coming by double-digits.

The Lakers had one of the frontrunners for MVP, along with arguably the best-ever on the court. But the Knicks had far more depth. Advantage: depth. Games like this are what the Knicks envisioned when they built the supporting cast around Jalen Brunson.

McBride went to get an ankle evaluation, according to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, and had additional evaluations on other ongoing ailments he’d played through prior to being sidelined with the ankle soreness. Those tests revealed the core injury that has since required surgery.