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00:00This brunt hurts. Jalen in walking boot after rolling ankle late in the loss to the Magic.

00:06First it was Garrett Cole, then it was Malik Neighbors, then Cam Scadaboo,

00:10and now that injury bug that's been spreading around the city like COVID in 2020

00:16to our star athletes has hit the one team and the one star that's supposed to bring New York

00:22sports back. And for what? I'm going to show you guys the play that he was injured on,

00:27and I'll bet you that you're going to ask yourself the same question.

00:32First foul in the last two minutes in the active shooting though.

00:35Oh boy, that right leg. Oh man, both the ankle and the knee.

00:47You heard the announcer. If this isn't the most Tibbs moment I've seen in this Mike Brown era,

00:53oh my gosh, what is Jalen Brunson doing in the game down 16 with 154 left to go?

00:59It's over. Punt it. Concede. Run the ball. Run the clock out. I don't know what you do in basketball.

01:04Who cares? Only Reggie Miller and Tyrese Halliburton has pulled off those type of comebacks

01:09at the Garden. Jalen Brunson had already logged 37 minutes and 29 points before that injury.

01:16At that point in the game, the bench getting more minutes is worth more than Jalen Brunson scoring

01:22an extra two points that don't matter in a loss. Now, before I go full basketball, Karen,

01:29maybe he was coming out the next time out, or maybe Mike Brown wanted to see if the Knicks

01:33had one more run in them. But again, the game is over. The Tibbs era is over. Get your stars

01:40out of the game. Dang, why can't New York have nice things? For more on Brunson and all Knicks news,

01:47head on over to newyorkpost.com slash sports.