BRIAN MAHONEY
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NEW YORK (AP) — Even while Jalen Brunson was having his worst game of the postseason, the New York Knicks wanted him on the floor.
Instead, the NBA's Clutch Player of the Year was stuck watching a critical stretch of crunch time in Game 5 on Tuesday night from the scorer's table.
The ball wouldn't go out of bounds and nobody would commit a foul to stop the clock, which kept running from the time Brunson and Josh Hart checked out with injuries with 2:57 remaining all the way until just 27 seconds remained.