The New York Knicks averted disaster by beating the Indiana Pacers 106-100 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday. The Knicks won despite being down 20, and Jalen Brunson being in foul trouble. Brunson racking up fouls has become a common sight lately, and Josh Hart called him out postgame.

Jalen Brunson owned the first and third quarters, Karl-Anthony Towns was dominant in the second and effective in the fourth, and everyone else did their part as the Knicks extended the series in emphatic fashion.

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks have had quite enough of the whole bloody affair. The enduring image of the Knicks' monumental upset of the Boston Celtics

The Knicks don’t just have a clutch player. They have the clutch player. And if any game in the Eastern Conference Finals comes down to the wire, Jalen Brunson has already proven he’s built for

I get stopped on the street every five seconds telling me I look like Jalen,” he said. “I had 100 [direct messages on social media] telling me I look like Jalen so you know I had to show up.”

There are several reasons the Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years. Hart, a do-it-all guard who epitomizes the team's ethos, is one of them.

Some have been on the fence about Jalen Brunson's defense, but the New York Knicks captain did his part and then some in the team's latest postseason triumph, a

After staging several come-by-behind victories in their playoff series win over the Boston Celtics, the New York Knicks were on the wrong side of a dramatic comeback Wednesday night against the Indiana Pacers.