TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Jay Wright has been following the Villanova Knicks closely.
He knows this first-round series against the Detroit Pistons -- and these playoffs in general -- are huge for his former players Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges, as well as for coach Tom Thibodeau. When the Knicks lost Game 2, Brunson shouldered the blame. When Pistons fans chanted “F—k you, Brunson” during the Knicks’ Game 3 win on Thursday, Brunson shook it off and went for 30 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds in a dramatic 118-116 victory that gave the Knicks a 2-1 series lead.
BUY KNICKS PLAYOFF TICKETS HERE “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. “He takes responsibility as the leader, whether it’s his fault or not. He always looks first at what can he do to make everybody better? What can he do to improve the situation? And he really believes that.
He really does. He doesn’t look at somebody else and say, well, they’ve got to change. He looks at himself first, and that’s why I always trust him as a leader and a winner.
I think that’s why the Knicks trust him.” Stef Bondy "When 20,000 people are chanting that at you–" Jalen Brunson "Chanting what?" SB "I think you heard it” KAT "I didn't hear it" JB "Say it. Say it.
Say it" SB "It's a PG show" KAT "This is a show?" SB .
