It’s hard to draw up a better night than this one inside the old gymnasium five floors north of Penn Station. There was a sellout crowd who was treated to the first of what promises to be many annual visits from Victor Wembanyama — and while the 7-foot-4 dynamo showed fleeting flashes of what’s to come, the Knicks held him in check.
Meanwhile, the Knicks played their most pleasing game of the season on both ends of the floor, the terrific trinity of Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle and RJ Barrett combining for 72 points, the center tandem of Mitch Robinson and Isaiah Hartenstein combining to push around Wembanyama and also combine for 21 points and 15 rebounds.
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