The Knicks’ winless record against the top three teams in the NBA felt like a first-world problem when compared to the skidding team they ousted in the first round of the playoffs last spring. Following their latest deflating losses to Eastern Conference powerhouses Cleveland and Boston over the weekend,

Jalen Brunson poured in a game-high 34 points on 8-of-17 shooting, once again delivering in crunch time to lift the Knicks to a 110-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers

As the lead was dwindling, the Knicks — already without Towns and Robinson — lost Hukporti for the remainder of the game after he tried to play the first 1:15 of the fourth after suffering a sprained left knee in the third quarter.