Jalen Brunson will do anything to play Game 2 against the Miami Heat. Josh Hart confirms it without a doubt:
“If Jalen can, Jalen will play,” Hart said Tuesday morning at the team’s practice facility in Tarrytown. “I talked to him a bit on Monday. I haven’t talked to him much today, but he’s a warrior. He battles injuries all the time. He just has to make sure he’s able to be perfect out there. If not, he has to trust us to go out there and do what needs to be done. As a contestant, this is the hardest part. There are always times when he can go out there for us and score 30 for us, but if his matchup scores 35 we lose. This is the hardest part of being a fierce competitor, of knowing when to go out there and fight something and when you just can’t. And that goes for everyone.”