New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson is making his return Wednesday night against the Dallas Mavericks after missing a week with a Grade 1 right ankle sprain.

Brunson sustained the injury Nov. 12 on a drive to the basket with under two minutes remaining in the Knicks' 124-107 home loss to the Orlando Magic . He was evaluated daily while missing two games against the Miami Heat .

The injury was to the same ankle Brunson sprained last season that forced him to sit out 15 games. It was initially termed a two-week injury, but he sat out additional time before returning for the playoffs. He seemed to aggravate the ankle injury a couple of times in the first round but appeared otherwise unbothered by it during New York's run to the Eastern Conference finals.

Brunson entered Wednesday a

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