With a chance to close out the Celtics on the road at TD Garden, the Knicks were overwhelmed by the Celtics, 127-102. And Brunson, both the Knicks' emotional leader and best player, didn't need many words to sum up the loss—and he sure didn't mince them, either.

On Wednesday, Knicks guard Jalen Brunson's comments on the Celtics star were revealed as the NBA world reacted to the unfortunate news surrounding the 2024 NBA champion. Brunson made his thoughts loud and clear as he shard them with the rest of the league ahead of the Knicks' showdown in Beantown.

As soon as the superstar guard sat down with reporters -- and just after one started asking a question -- he interrupted (he apologized for the interruption, too) to send his best to Jayson Tatum, who suffered what could be a devastating injury late in the playoff contest.

The Knicks haven’t made it out of the second round yet, haven’t knocked out the champs even though the champs were ready to go even before Jayson Tatum is the one who went down. But there is a

Against the Boston Celtics, the New York Knicks have relied on Jalen Brunson to much success. He is averaging a stellar 28 points and 7.8 assists on 41.2 percent shooting from the floor, and has easily been the best player in the series, including Jayson Tatum before he went down with injury.

Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals.

Bryant twice scored 100 fourth-quarter points in his first 10 playoff games, back in 2001 and 2003, and then added a 99-point run to open the 2008 playoffs. Stephen Curry likewise scored 99 in the first 10 games of the 2023 playoffs, but Brunson's fourth-quarter scoring pace has moved him past those two legends.

Joe Mazzulla knew he had to mix things up. With the Celtics down 2-0 after disastrous collapses in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Semifinals in