Jalen Brunson declined to answer the question. The Orlando Magic answered it for him.

The Knicks entered Wednesday night riding a league-best 7-0 home record, the kind of arbitrary streak a team can either rally around or ignore completely. And historically, these Knicks have chosen the latter — no emotional swings, no victory laps, no panic buttons. Never too low, never too high.

Exactly like their leader.

So when asked whether the Knicks wanted to protect the streak — to use it as fuel, however pointless it might be given no NBA team has ever actually gone undefeated at home — Brunson didn’t bother indulging the premise.

“I don’t have to answer that,” he said.

Maybe he didn’t have to. Maybe what’s understood doesn’t need to be said. Because the Magic made the point for him. They r

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