With the Knicks now locked into the No. 5 seed and a first-round playoff series against the No. 4 Cavaliers, their final three games already were largely pointless.
INDIANAPOLIS — With the Knicks now locked into the No. 5 seed and a first-round playoff series against the No. 4 Cavaliers, their final three games — beginning with Wednesday’s road clash against the Pacers — already were largely pointless.
Both teams also will be without their star point guards, with the Knicks announcing that Jalen Brunson will sit out the game for “right hand maintenance.” All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton already had been ruled out by the eliminated Pacers with ankle and elbow injuries. Brunson had missed two games in late March with what the team said was a sprained right hand, and he’s played the past three games with a brace over his hand and wrist.Noah K. Murray for the NY Postlast Friday in Cleveland and then netted 27 points with eight dimes in their postseason clincher Sunday night against the Wizards.
The $104 million point guard also had missed five of six games earlier in March with a bruised left foot, so it makes sense for the Knicks to rest him somewhat before the playoffs begin on either April 15 or April 16 in Cleveland.Leading scorer Julius Randle sat out those two games and already wasJalen Brunson won’t play in the Knicks’ game against the Pacers on Wednesday.
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