Jalen Brunson has the fourth-best scoring average in the clutch this season. He showed that off again in a comeback win over the Houston Rockets on Monday night.

This is why you call him captain — because when the Knicks needed him most, . With OG Anunoby sidelined due to a right foot sprain and New York’s defense scrambling without its best stopper, the Knicks found themselves in a dogfight against the Houston Rockets at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

While it was Precious Achiuwa who stepped into the starting spot vacated by Anunoby, who missed his first game of the season with a sprained right foot suffered Saturday night, it was the four remaining starters who picked up the slack,