CHICAGO — The only sighting of Jalen Brunson since he limped off the court and to the locker room at Madison Square Garden Sunday night was a picture that showed up on social media of him at a team holiday party with his right foot encased in a protective boot.
That set off speculation of how long he could be sidelined with what the team first called a sprained ankle and then shifted to a contused right foot Monday. But when the Knicks took the floor for pregame warmups Wednesday night Brunson was there, sprinting onto the court as he has every game this season.
Perhaps it wasn’t going to bring back echoes of Willis Reed limping out of the tunnel for Game 7 in the 1970 NBA Finals with a torn muscle in his thigh, but Brunson was there and showing no signs that he wasn’t exactly the same player he has been every night. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau asked before the game if there would be any limitations or restrictions on Brunson, said bluntly, “No.”
