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.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson had 42 points and 10 assists, breaking a tie with Carmelo Anthony for third on the franchise list with his 18th 40-point game with the Knicks, and New York beat the Houston Rockets 124-118 on Monday night.

Jalen Brunson so often receives beckoning “MVP” chants around Madison Square Garden. Well, MVPs have a habit of raising their game to another level when co-stars, particularly ones as important as OG Anunoby,

Jalen Brunson scored 11 of the final 13 points Monday night for the New York Knicks, who overcame an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to top the visiting Houston Rockets 124-118.

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,

Brunson scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to bring the Knicks back in a game they trailed by 11 after three. He ended up with his 12th game with at least 30 points and 10 assists since coming to New York,