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Knicks’ Tom Thibodeau says Jalen Brunson not getting honest whistle: ‘I don’t care what the officiating is saying’
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Knicks’ Tom Thibodeau says Jalen Brunson not getting honest whistle: ‘I don’t care what the officiating is saying’

Last updated: May 28, 2025 7:17 am
Editorial Board Published May 28, 2025
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INDIANAPOLIS — Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau doesn’t consider Jalen Brunson has gotten a good whistle by means of the primary three video games of the Japanese Convention Finals.

“Some of the plays are – they’re 50-50, they can go either way,” Thibodeau stated earlier than tipoff of Recreation 4 in opposition to the Pacers on Tuesday. “He’s taking charges and he’s getting called for blocks. I don’t care what the officiating is saying. I’ve studied the league a long time, I know what a charge looks like. And then to — you challenge it and they still say — I’ll just leave it at that.”

Brunson has been whistled for 13 private fouls within the sequence, recording 5 apiece in Video games 1 and three. He picked up 4 within the first half of Recreation 3 and spent a lot of the fourth quarter watching from the bench.

The breakdown paints a transparent image. His first foul got here on the 3:08 mark of the opening quarter, bumping Obi Toppin out of bounds on a drive. His second: a tough closeout on an Andrew Nembhard pump pretend at 6:39 within the second. The third might have gone both manner — Aaron Nesmith barreled into Brunson together with his shoulder, however the whistle went in opposition to the Knicks’ guard. And the fourth, once more, got here on a Nembhard pump pretend, with Brunson closing out and making contact close to the sideline.

“Again, you want to play with physicality, there’s contact with intelligence and also reading the way the game’s being officiated,” Thibodeau stated. “Sometimes there’s a variance from game to game, so you have to adjust accordingly. But you don’t want that to take away from your aggressiveness. Having discipline and understanding what’s going on is very important.”

The Pacers have made it some extent to focus on Brunson and Karl-Anthony Cities on the defensive finish. Brunson’s fifth foul got here with 7:03 left within the fourth quarter, when Nembhard as soon as once more drove straight into him in transition.

Cities, who battled foul bother all through the common season, entered Recreation 4 with 12 private fouls within the sequence. He averaged 4.5 fouls per recreation in Spherical 1 in opposition to the Pistons and 4.3 per recreation in Spherical 2 in opposition to the Celtics.

“Yeah I think that [teams targeting Brunson and Towns] is a big part of the NBA,” Thibodeau stated. “You see it every night and it’s not anything new. You deal with it all night long and that’s how most teams play. So you have to have awareness, be tied together, you have to be in the gaps and you have to communicate, everything tied in to the ball.”

Brunson acknowledged after Monday’s movie session that he must be smarter when groups hunt him defensively — a tactic no secret to anybody conversant in his recreation.

“Obviously when teams hunt me, it is what it is. Obviously, I’m gonna give my effort, give everything I have,” he stated in a Zoom convention name on Monday. “I’ve just gotta be smart and not foul, and I think if I just keep my body in the right position and contest shots, and foul or not foul or not receive the foul, I’ll put my team in a better position to win.”

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