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New York Knicks fans around the country held their breaths as superstar captain Jalen Brunson limped into the locker room with an apparent right-knee injury late in the first quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals matchup at the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.
Brunson returned to the court in the second quarter, but he was then spotted limping toward the bench after he seemed to hurt his ankle.
Nevertheless, Brunson once again was able to play the role of hero and guide the Knicks to a come-from-behind 105-95 victory. Following the win, Brunson offered a brief update on his status.
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“I’ll be alright,” Brunson confidently told ESPN’s Lisa Salters, as shared by Adam Zagoria of NJ Advance Media.
Brunson wasn’t a one-man show against San Antonio on Wednesday. As SNY’s Ian Begley noted, Spurs unicorn Victor Wembanyama shot just 2-for-12 when defended by Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns.
That said, Brunson was every bit his “Captain Clutch” self as he scored 13 of his game-high 30 points in the contest’s fourth quarter. His final bucket of the night came with under 40 seconds left in regulation during what became an 11-0 Knicks run that closed the game out and silenced members of the home crowd:
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