Video: Knicks’ Jalen Brunson Says He Played Care for ‘Canine S–t’ in Loss to 76ers
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Jalen Brunson might perchance well well moreover simply have led the Fresh York Knicks with 19 capabilities on Sunday evening, however the All-Star guard was now not happy alongside with his performance all the device by technique of a 79-72 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
“I performed like canines s–t,” Brunson instructed reporters after shooting 6-for-22 within the loss. “That’s it.”
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“I performed like canines st. That’s it.”
– Jalen Brunson pic.twitter.com/JVaoQMGdEZ
Brunson added eight assists and three rebounds as the Knicks had been held to the lowest capabilities entire recorded by any NBA crew this season.
The time out was an outlier both for the Knicks, who had been 21-12 at Madison Square Garden heading into Sunday, and Brunson, who had very most realistic been held under 20 capabilities 9 instances in 58 prior starts.
“I’ve got to be better, as a player, as a first-rate, to make certain we’re all in a position to mosey, and we weren’t tonight,” Brunson said, per SNY.
Josh Hart, who was held to 9 capabilities within the loss, had a linked postgame overview of his non-public performance.
“We performed like s–t,” Hart said. “We did not shoot the ball successfully, turnovers had been injurious. I had six or seven myself.”
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“We performed like st”
Josh Hart on what went mistaken tonight for the Knicks: pic.twitter.com/ylQSUSV0OB
Brunson led a roster thinned by the absences of starters OG Anunoby, Mitchell Robinson and All-Star Julius Randle.
The 76ers had been within the same device missing starters, with Joel Embiid yet to come after present process knee surgical treatment and Tyrese Maxey sidelined with a concussion.
The Knicks committed 17 turnovers to allow the shorthanded Philadelphia roster to withhold an on a customary basis lead by technique of the final three quarters on the other hand.
The competition marked the first NBA sport since January 2016 wherein neither crew scored 80 capabilities, in step with Basketball Reference.
Brunson, Hart and the Knicks will hope to leap wait on from the low-scoring loss on Tuesday, when the two teams return to MSG for a rematch. The Sixers will head into the competition with a 2-0 season series lead.
