On Sunday evening, the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets will face off in Manhattan. For the game, the Knicks could remain without one of their best players, a

Karl-Anthony Towns returned from a one-game absence with 26 points, 15 rebounds and six assists, and the New York Knicks completed a two-game weekend sweep of the Brooklyn Nets with a 114-104 victory on Sunday night.

For all the talk surrounding the Cleveland Cavaliers (13-0) — point forward Evan Mobley, Darius Garland’s and Donovan Mitchell ’s binge scoring, Jarrett Allen ’s relentless mission to contest every shot at the rim — a lot of smaller narratives are playing out, too.