The Knicks' guard has missed just the game on New Year's Day this season and was on court Monday night to face Detroit.

For the game, the Knicks could be without their best player, as Jalen Brunson is on the injury report. The All-Star point guard is averaging 25.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 7.5 assists per contest while shooting 48.

Cunningham had 36 points and the win as the Pistons took a 124-119 decision. The Knicks got 31 points and 11 assists from Brunson while Mikal Bridges added 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 26 points and 12 rebounds while playing through apparent pain after hitting his right thumb on the backboard early in the game.

Whatever New York Knicks point guard endured on Sunday, his sense of humor was left perfectly in tact. Brunson stepped away from the Madison Square Garden floor during the third quarter of the weekend-closing game against the Milwaukee Bucks due to an apparent injury scare but returned in style to cap off a 44-point outing in just 29 minutes en route to a 140-106 triumph.

The Knicks got a big win against the Bucks, but fans held their breath for a moment during the game win Jalen Brunson had to exit the game.

Jalen Brunson scored 44 points despite missing part of the third quarter with an apparent injury, and the New York Knicks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 140-106 on Sunday.

Behind Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns had a 30-point, 18-rebound double-double while Josh Hart joined him in a serendipitous tally with 11 each in the same categories. Cameron Payne made the most of 14 minutes off the bench, earning 18 points through a 4-of-7 output from three-point range.

On Sunday afternoon, the New York Knicks are playing the Milwaukee Bucks (at home). During the second half, All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson went to the lock