Knicks’ near-collapse a reminder Jalen Brunson should have been an All-Star

The Knicks somehow survived Thursday night without Brunson. They don’t want to make a habit of having to try that trick again.

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“They’re a totally different team with him,” Barkley said, after it was revealed that he, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith had all put Brunson on their list of the seven reserves for the game, and all expressed dismay at his exclusion. “They can win a round in the playoffs if they get the right matchup.”

Now, look: even with Brunson the Knicks aren’t exactly the most fearsome closers you’ll ever see. They have frittered away endgames plenty, even with Brunson in the lineup. But those were almost all a product of the make-or-miss nature of the NBA that Tom Thibodeau preaches so regularly. Brunson doesn’t blithely throw the ball away, as Barrett did — twice — in the game’s final minutes.

For another? It’s probably not the worst thing in the world for Brunson to spend the nine days between Feb. 15 and Feb. 24 kicking back, relaxing, maybe taking in a few Villanova games, maybe finding a beach somewhere far, far away from Salt Lake City.

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