LAS VEGAS — In the second quarter Saturday, Jalen Suggs was racing to the basket with only the smallest player on the floor ahead of him. And Jalen Brunson delivered a hard foul, sending the former elite high school football player to the floor.

The point was made that if the Orlando Magic wanted to play a street fight of a game, the Knicks were willing to fight back.

Dismissing the talk about playing with pace, the Knicks instead got in the ring with the Magic and emerged with a 132-120 win that sent them to Tuesday’s NBA Cup final against the winner of Saturday night's Thunder-Spurs game.

It wasn’t just Brunson, who had a superstar performance with a season-high 40 points, who fought through the physical play. Karl-Anthony Towns drove to the rim repeatedly, with Magic defenders bounci

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