No, Jalen Brunson was not waving goodbye to Celtics fans at the tip of Game 5.
After fouling out within the fourth quarter of Boston’s victory, Brunson was shown on the massive screen and gave the group a wave.
It was not his way of claiming the Knicks wouldn’t be back for a possible Game 7 within the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
“You’ll think that, but no. People were like, ‘Oh, Jalen’s waving because he knew he wasn’t going back,’ ” Brunson said on Tuesday on his podcast “The Roommates Show” with Josh Hart. “No, I just fouled out in a playoff game and we were down 20 or whatever, and I just see myself on the screen. I used to be just attempting to make a positive out of a terrible, negative situation. I see myself, [gave a] quick little wave. I didn’t think anything of it, and clearly it’s throughout in every single place after I get off the court after the sport.
“Fortunately it aged well. … You’ve got to be levelheaded. You’ll be able to’t be too low, you’ll be able to’t be too high. I don’t know, it wasn’t like I used to be [thinking], ‘I’m going to do that if the camera is on me.’ It just happened. Oh, well.”
During his podcast with Brunson, Hart had some fun with the Nets.
The 2 were talking in regards to the recently accomplished Subway Series, when Hart said he believes there are two teams that run town in baseball and basketball, the Yankees and Knicks.
Brunson told Hart that there are two teams in basketball throughout the five boroughs.
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Hart feigned ignorance.
“What?” Hart said jokingly. “The Latest Jersey Nets?”
He laughed and added: “I used to be going to say something crazy.”
Brunson chimed in: “Just stop.”
Karl-Anthony Towns attended Sunday night’s Yankees victory over the Mets in The Bronx, and received an enormous ovation from the sellout crowd.
“It was special. Grew up a Yankees fan, die-hard Yankees fan, to be respected by Latest York that way, it means all the pieces,” he said. “Respect is all the pieces to me. It just makes you ought to work harder.”
The one player listed on the injury report for either team was Pacers forward Isaiah Jackson, who has been out since November with a torn Achilles tendon.
The Knicks will host a watch party at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Tickets are $10 each, with proceeds benefiting the Garden of Dreams Foundation.
No, Jalen Brunson was not waving goodbye to Celtics fans at the tip of Game 5.
After fouling out within the fourth quarter of Boston’s victory, Brunson was shown on the massive screen and gave the group a wave.
It was not his way of claiming the Knicks wouldn’t be back for a possible Game 7 within the Eastern Conference semifinal series.
“You’ll think that, but no. People were like, ‘Oh, Jalen’s waving because he knew he wasn’t going back,’ ” Brunson said on Tuesday on his podcast “The Roommates Show” with Josh Hart. “No, I just fouled out in a playoff game and we were down 20 or whatever, and I just see myself on the screen. I used to be just attempting to make a positive out of a terrible, negative situation. I see myself, [gave a] quick little wave. I didn’t think anything of it, and clearly it’s throughout in every single place after I get off the court after the sport.
“Fortunately it aged well. … You’ve got to be levelheaded. You’ll be able to’t be too low, you’ll be able to’t be too high. I don’t know, it wasn’t like I used to be [thinking], ‘I’m going to do that if the camera is on me.’ It just happened. Oh, well.”
During his podcast with Brunson, Hart had some fun with the Nets.
The 2 were talking in regards to the recently accomplished Subway Series, when Hart said he believes there are two teams that run town in baseball and basketball, the Yankees and Knicks.
Brunson told Hart that there are two teams in basketball throughout the five boroughs.
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Hart feigned ignorance.
“What?” Hart said jokingly. “The Latest Jersey Nets?”
He laughed and added: “I used to be going to say something crazy.”
Brunson chimed in: “Just stop.”
Karl-Anthony Towns attended Sunday night’s Yankees victory over the Mets in The Bronx, and received an enormous ovation from the sellout crowd.
“It was special. Grew up a Yankees fan, die-hard Yankees fan, to be respected by Latest York that way, it means all the pieces,” he said. “Respect is all the pieces to me. It just makes you ought to work harder.”
The one player listed on the injury report for either team was Pacers forward Isaiah Jackson, who has been out since November with a torn Achilles tendon.
The Knicks will host a watch party at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Tickets are $10 each, with proceeds benefiting the Garden of Dreams Foundation.
