Reminiscing about the Knicks’ visit to Denver two months ago, Michael Malone gave a slightly embarrassed chuckle. “They looked really together when we played early in the year,” the 10th-year Nuggets coach said.

On Wednesday night, the New York Knicks accomplished a feat that very few NBA teams can do - sweeping Nikola Jokic in a regular season series. In November, the Knicks absolutely destroyed the Nuggets 145-118.

Karl-Anthony Towns put Nikola Jokic into early foul trouble then Jalen Brunson orchestrated the New York Knicks’ late spurt to roll to their fifth straight victory.