The stat that proves Mike Brown’s Knicks have found their offensive groove

Jalen Brunson has beaten his defender.

It’s early in Sunday’s “rivalry” matchup between the Knicks and Nets , and New York is pushing off a Brooklyn miss.

Brunson shifts Terance Mann with quick in-and-out crossover, gets both feet in the paint, and draws two defenders. He has a clean look at a floater — the kind he’s made in his sleep for most of his career.

But Brunson doesn’t shoot it. He doesn’t force contact to get to the line, either.

Instead, he does exactly what new head coach Mike Brown has preached since his first press conference in Tarrytown back in September: He touches the paint, then kicks.

One pass becomes two — Brunson to Karl-Anthony Towns, who swings it to Mikal Bridges in the corner. Bridges drills the three. Brunson doesn’t get the assist. Towns doesn’t take the