Jalen Brunson, on anniversary of 'coming-out party,' gets Knicks off on the right foot

NEW YORK — The New York Knicks, as much as anything, needed to reveal their worthiness. The people were waiting.The confused faces they passed on their winding, regular-season trail were looking for a reason to believe that New York, in fact, just wanted to hurry up and get to where it is now — the NBA playoffs — to show its true colors. The starting lineup, which was told for two years that they don’t work together, had to punch first.Advertisement