Jalen Brunson has spoken about this at least twice. As captain of a Knicks team with championship aspirations, it’s his job to put things in perspective.

And while the Knicks have been piling on 40-point quarters (a league-leading nine, to be exact) to start their first season under new head coach Mike Brown, they haven’t done the best job protecting their leads.

The Knicks blew a sizable first quarter advantage before pulling away in Sunday’s victory over the Toronto Raptors . They built another 14-point lead in Boston against the Celtics on Tuesday.

This time, they weren’t fortunate enough to pull away a second time.

Instead, they blew that lead, too, then found themselves beneath a Celtics avalanche fueled by Jaylen Brown, Boston’s lone All-Star in the aftermath of Jayson Tatum’

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