New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau has gotten lots of warmth for a way his workforce’s season crashed and burned. On Sunday, Jalen Brunson made positive to defend his coach from any criticism.
The Knicks misplaced 130-109 in Sport 7 of their Japanese Convention semifinal collection towards the Indiana Pacers at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, N.Y.
The Knicks had already been coping with a number of accidents coming into Sunday’s contest. The Knicks’ well being hit its nadir throughout Sport 7.
OG Anunoby solely managed to play 5 minutes within the contest earlier than exiting attributable to a hamstring challenge whereas Brunson – who had the best utilization score of any participant within the second spherical – suffered a serious injury and did not finish the game.
Thibodeau seemingly bolstered his repute as a coach who runs his gamers to the bottom. However throughout Brunson’s postgame information convention, the All-Star guard put his assist fully behind the veteran coach.
“I believe [Tom Thibodeau] has the identical mindset we do as a workforce. Thibs is the rationale why we’ve that mindset,” Brunson stated. “Thibs is the rationale why, evening in and evening out, we struggle to one of the best of our skills.”
“We don’t actually care what individuals on the surface consider us. We don’t care what individuals say — constructive or destructive,” he continued. “We go ahead with what we consider is one of the best plan of action inside this constructing, contained in the group. … Gamers in that locker room have his again it doesn’t matter what.”
