Jalen Brunson scored a season-high 40 points to lead the Knicks past the Orlando Magic 132-120. The win put New York in the NBA Cup final.

Jalen Brunson dropped 40 points as the New York Knicks defeated the Orlando Magic 132-120 on Saturday in Las Vegas to clinch a spot in the NBA Cup finals.

Although Jalen Suggs scored 26 points, the Magic fell to the Knicks in Las Vegas on Saturday night to end their NBA Cup run.

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks will stick around in Las Vegas after a 132-120 victory over the Orlando Magic. With the victory, the Knicks will serve as the Eastern Conference representative in the NBA Cup final. Brunson made 16-of-27 shots for 40 points, eight assists and four rebounds in the victory over Orlando.

Tonight, the New York Knicks prevailed over the Orlando Magic in the NBA Cup semifinals, going up 132-120 behind Jalen Brunson, who dropped a monstrous 40-point performance on the Franz Wagner-less Magic.

Mike Brown demanded MVP consideration for Jalen Brunson after he dropped 40 points in the Knicks' win over the Magic on Saturday night.

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks face Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic in the NBA Cup semifinals on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.

The first of two NBA Cup Semifinal matchups on Saturday, Dec. 13 sees the Orlando Magic meeting up with the New York Knicks for the fourth time in the last month and second time in a week, but this time at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The New York Knicks (18-7) have done a nice job of winning the games they are supposed to lately, and they did so again after earning a 132-120 NBA Cup Semifinals victory over the injury-hampered Orlando Magic (15-11) on Saturday.

The Magic have come away with two wins in three meetings with New York, but they lost two key stars to injury in the process; there's a little bit of bad blood