The Knicks completed an encouraging 119-111 season-opening victory over the Cavs on Wednesday night. Here are 11 thoughts (Jalen Brunson’s number!) on what we saw: 1️⃣ The Knicks indeed relieved Brunson from bringing up the ball for much of his minutes — at least until winning time in the fourth quarter — while spreading out those duties.

New York spent all of Wednesday hounding Cleveland’s ballhandlers in the backcourt. The Knicks alternated who was at the point of attack. They threw different looks. The Knicks wanted to make their opponent work for what it wanted, to be on the front foot, as opposed to reacting.

Jalen Brunson has transformed the Knicks into a serious playoff threat. But can he take them one step further to true title contention?

KAT is playing through a Grade 2 calf strain, but the Knicks triumphed over the team many consider to be their stiffest competition in the East.

Wednesday marked 13 years, eight months, three weeks and two days since a New York team won a championship in one of the traditional four major sports leagues.

The Knicks haven’t entered a season with this kind of excitement since the days of the Yankees Core Four dynasty.

Earlier in October, ESPN's Shams Charania reported that Giannis Antetoukounmpo's camp settled on the New York Knicks as his preference should he decide to force a trade out of Milwaukee, and the two teams even held preliminary trade talks in August,