Mikal Bridges’ first season with the New York Knicks has not been the smoothest. The guard whom the Knicks sent five first-round picks, among other assets, to the Brooklyn Nets for over the summer had eclipsed the 20-point mark just once in his previous 10 games entering Wednesday night’s matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Jalen Brunson had 34 points and seven assists, Mikal Bridges scored 28 points and the New York Knicks held off the Philadelphia 76ers 110-105 on Wednesday night. OG Anunoby had 16 points and nine rebounds,

Jalen Brunson scored nine unanswered points late in the fourth quarter Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who squandered all of a 19-point lead before coming back to edge the skidding Philadelphia 76ers 110-105.

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.