It required a couple of extra Brotherly Shoves, but the New York Knicks doomed the Philadelphia 76ers to their ninth consecutive loss. The clutch antics of Jalen Brunson thrust the Knicks to a much-needed victory,

As the lead was dwindling, the Knicks — already without Towns and Robinson — lost Hukporti for the remainder of the game after he tried to play the first 1:15 of the fourth after suffering a sprained left knee in the third quarter.

The Knicks’ winless record against the top three teams in the NBA felt like a first-world problem when compared to the skidding team they ousted in the first round of the playoffs last