In English soccer parlance, he is called the "talisman", the one player, usually of course, the best, on whom wins and losses turn. In Manhattan the talisman is OG Anunoby. Tonight Anunoby had merely 14 points, fourth team-high, but a sparkling +28, third team-high. On PhilaBoo, while a Procedure is Addressed and a Beard has been shaved off, the talisman is ⌁ Maxey. It was the first game back from injury for both talismen and while Maxey scored a second team-high 17 points he was a woeful team-worst -29. Neither could the vaunted Kyle Lowry Effect blunt the Force tonight as the "Knicks" partied in the Garden 106-79.