Jalen Brunson may not even miss a recreation.
Regardless, the Knicks star actually averted the worst.
He’s listed as questionable for the crew’s Tuesday night time conflict in opposition to the Hawks at Madison Sq. Backyard with a left knee contusion — the identical description the Knicks gave Sunday night time throughout their 107-98 win over the Cavaliers.
Brunson exited simply 47 seconds into Sunday’s win, and his preliminary response prompted fears he might need had a critical knee harm.
Brunson took a soar shot and grabbed at his knee whereas nonetheless within the air, landed awkwardly and went down on the bottom in ache, nonetheless grabbing at his knee.
He was barely in a position to put strain on the leg as he was helped to the locker room.
However preliminary X-rays got here again destructive, and the prognosis stayed the identical on Monday.
Referees can’t appear to make the appropriate calls on Donte DiVincenzo in crunch time.
The NBA launched their two-minute report for Sunday’s win, and revealed that DiVincenzo ought to have been known as for a journey with 39.1 seconds left within the recreation.
DiVincenzo was driving to the rim and kicked it out to Miles McBride, who drilled a 3-pointer to offer the Knicks’ their 107-98 lead and ice the sport.
Simply final week, the league stated DiVincenzo ought to have been known as for a foul within the closing seconds of the Knicks’ 113-111 win over the Pistons.
DiVincenzo dove into Ausar Thompson’s physique going for a free ball, which wasn’t known as, earlier than Josh Hart hit a go-ahead and game-winning layup.
Isaiah Hartenstein was not proud of Max Strus after the latter rocked him within the face.
Throughout the fourth quarter of Sunday’s win, Hartenstein blocked Strus on the rim. Strus clobbered Hartenstein’s face along with his proper arm throughout his soar, and Hartenstein shortly went down and grabbed his face in ache.
Although the blow gave the impression to be inadvertent, Hartenstein bought up shortly and began strolling in Strus’ route, showing to shout one thing at him earlier than Josh Hart held him again and corralled him to the Knicks’ bench.
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Hartenstein had a considerable black eye after the play.
“I simply went up, he simply hit me proper within the eye,” Hartenstein stated after the sport. “I bought the block, he type of went down [with his arm], it went in my eye first after which type of scraped it. That’s type of what occurred.”
Hartenstein was initially known as for a foul on the play, however it was overturned after the Knicks challenged.
The Knicks bought excessive reward from somebody who actually is aware of a factor or two about championship-caliber groups.
Bob Myers, a two-time Government of the Yr who led the Warriors to 4 NBA championships as normal supervisor, is now an analyst on ESPN and lauded Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau.
“There may be an identification,” Myers stated on the postgame broadcast. “We speak about identification and folks which are watching say, ‘What’s an identification?’ You discover out your tradition. The Knicks have constructed an identification of toughness. And it does come from Thibodeau.”