Jalen Brunson scored 29 of his season-high 39 points in the second half to power the New York Knicks to a 104-93 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.

The New Orleans Pelicans started the month of December with an embarrassing 33-point loss to the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks are playing well but aren’t above inevitable. So they started slowly Sunday against an overmatched opponent. They trailed for most of the game. Their offense was disjointed. It wasn’t pretty.

Brunson scored six points in the first quarter and four more in the second before exploding for 29 in the second half.

A thrust in the third from Jalen Brunson served as the spark to a New York Knicks comeback against the New Orleans Pelicans.