Surprisingly, the Knicks filed an entirely clean report with the league, with two key starters--Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart--notable for their absence. Both Hart and Brunson were centers of attention late in the Knicks' Game 5 loss at Madison Square Garden, because each went out with just under three minutes to play because of injuries.

From the scorer’s table — not the court — two of the Knicks’ key players stood sidelined as Game 5 slipped through their fingers.