by Fans of Knicks can push a sigh of relief.
The team announced on Friday that Jalen Brunson will miss at least two weeks due to a sprained ankle suffered during Thursday’s defeat against Los Angeles Lakers. The Knicks say they will update BrunSon’s status in about two weeks.
As Ian Beggley of Sny notes, although the specific note of the Serou grade Austin Reaves“The foot after being the victim of a fault by going up for a lay-up in the last moments of overtime.
Brunson twisted in pain and was helped to get up. The star guard struck his two free throws before being helped in the locker room, where he stayed during the duration of the game.
Beggley reported that the initial X -rays of Brunson’s ankle returned negative, the image showing no broken bone.
The Knicks ruled on Brunson for Friday’s match with the Clippers before this last update, and this new chronology will prevent New York leader for much longer.
Friday, the Knicks (40-22) had only 3.5 games in front of the Milwaukee Bucks for the seeded n ° 4 in the playoffs of the East Conference.
Brunson has played all games except two this season, with an average of 26.1 points and a better career of 7.4 assists per game while making an average of 35.4 minutes per competition.
