Brunson could not re-enter for the stretch run, when he so-often thrives. It cost the Knicks the opportunity to close out this series, which shifts to Detroit for Game 6.

I don’t have an answer to that because I have to rewatch it,” a perplexed Karl-Anthony Towns said of the lack of Brunson and Hart, per Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. “There was a lot going on when all that happened,

At one point Sunday, it was unclear whether Brunson would even finish Game 4. Unfortunately for Detroit, he did.