But there is a simpler thought of where the Knicks are right now. It's one that Josh Hart voiced out loud following the win over the Houston Rockets Monday when the Knicks wiped out a double-digit, fourth-quarter lead with Jalen Brunson taking over at the end.

This is why you call him captain — because when the Knicks needed him most, Jalen Brunson delivered. With OG Anunoby sidelined due to a right foot sprain and New York’s defense scrambling without its best stopper,

Thanks to Jalen Brunson, the New York Knicks were OK without OG. A Brunson master class paved the way for a big interconference victory for the Knicks, who difused the Houston Rockets by a 124-118 final on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.