SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Jalen Brunson was back in the starting lineup Friday night, perhaps not looking quite like himself as he shook off the rust of two games on the sideline with a sore left foot, but he still provided almost all of the offense the New York Knicks could muster in the first half.
Then, as the Knicks came out of the locker room for the start of the second half, Brunson was missing. The announcement came from the team as the half was about to begin — Brunson was done for the night, with the left foot soreness forcing him to sit again.
The 122-117 loss to the Kings the Knicks could handle, fighting a losing battle trying to keep up with high-scoring Sacramento at a raucous Golden 1 Center. But the troubling news that Brunson, after five days off, could make it through only half of the game was an alarming problem.
