It might have been a cruel twist by the NBA schedule-makers if Mike Brown needed the full range of emotions as he made his debut at Madison Square Garden as Knicks coach.

The excitement of the moment was mixed with a glance down the sideline to see Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo in the uniform of the Minnesota Timberwolves, a reminder of just how tenuous all of this is.

Brown hardly needed a reminder, having gone through the cycle of winning Coach of the Year honors and also being called into the office to be fired. So the two former Knicks talking about their time winning 50 games for the franchise and their ties to the fired Tom Thibodeau was not really necessary to have Brown soak in the moment for what it is — the present — and a 100-95 overtime win to run the Knicks’ preseason r

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