When Brunson particularly peeved them, they offered chants of "F---you, Brunson!", a declaration that mused head coach Tom Thibodeau in the aftermath. "To Jalen, those are cheers," Thibodeau said in video from MSG Network,

“That’s the beauty of Jalen as a leader,” Wright, who coached the New Jersey-born Brunson to two NCAA championships at Villanova, told NJ Advance Media at the at the 92nd annual MBWA All-Met Haggerty Awards Dinner on Thursday.

Karl-Anthony Towns was terrific and Jalen Brunson delivered in the clutch to help the Knicks hang on for a Game 3 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night.