DALLAS — The Knicks took the mystery of Jalen Brunson’s status Wednesday all the way to the deadline to announce it, but really, there was little mystery attached to the questionable status or the talk of a game-time decision.

For Brunson, any game is treasured, but a chance to face the team that let him walk away in the city that he thought he would spend his career, certainly would nudge the status of his sprained right ankle to the side of suiting up.

“Obviously he had some good years here,” Josh Hart said. “Obviously, he got a lot of love for Dallas, so whenever you come to a place like that, it’s always a good feeling.”

“You’ve got to ask him,” Mike Brown said shortly before the game. “But I’m sure he’s had a lot of great memories here, and some not so great. That’s everybody that’

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