With the Knicks getting back their most indispensable player, and the Suns missing their leading scorer, this was a thorough runaway win Monday at the Garden.
Jalen Brunson played for the first time since injuring his hip on Christmas and scored 16 of his 24 points in the second quarter as the Knicks returned home and routed the Suns, 102-83, for their second straight victory following a five-game losing streak.
Brunson missed the team’s three-game Texas trip with a sore right hip, but the $104 million point guard hit eight of 18 field-goal attempts and added six assists over 39 minutes Monday for the Knicks . Before the game, Suns coach and former Knicks first-round pick Monty Williams called Tom Thibodeau’s squad “just a typical Thibs team.”Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
The Knicks missed their first four shots but then rattled off 14 straight points — including 3-pointers by Grimes and Quickley — for an early 14-4 lead en route to a 12-point cushion through one quarter.
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