Over the past month, injury problems have piled up at an alarming rate for the New York Knicks, halting their momentum after they began to emerge as one of the best teams in the association to begin the 2024 calendar year. On March 3, Knicks fans held their collective breath after star man Jalen Brunson, who was carrying the team on offense amid Julius Randle’s injury, went down with a knee injury just 47 seconds into their 107-98 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Fortunately for Knicks fans, the knee injury Brunson suffered was neither bad nor serious; The first-time All-Star in 2024 missed a grand total of one game, as he made his return on the hardwood Friday night in a 98-74 demolition of the Orlando Magic, and he didn’t miss a beat, scoring a game-high 26 points on 11-19 shooting from the field.
While Jalen Brunson and the Knicks can now rest easy as it appears the knee injury he suffered won’t persist in the future, the 27-year-old point guard admitted he has lots of reasons be worried immediately after suffering an injury.
“I’ve thought of 1,000 different situations of what it could have been and I’m just glad it wasn’t,” Brunson said, according to Knicks Videos on SNY.
