Reveal: Knicks` Jalen Brunson speechless about in-and-out game-winner vs.bulls

On the second night of a back-to-back, the New York Knicks did not come out with much energy against a Chicago Bulls team that had a rest advantage. But in the second half, the Knicks caught their second wind, flipping the game on its head by coming back from 22 down to put themselves in a position to win in the end. However, a heartbreaking turn of events transpired for the Knicks — with Jalen Brunson‘s heartbreaking in-and-out miss at the buzzer proving to be the icing on top of the crap cake they were force fed.

Brunson, over the Knicks’ past two offensive possessions prior to his missed game-winning attempt, had schooled Bulls defender Patrick Williams to give New York a 123-121 lead with four seconds to go. Now, Josh Hart’s boneheaded foul gave the lead back to the Bulls, but still, Brunson’s shot was 75 percent of the way down the hatch. Instead, it rimmed out, and Brunson was left nearly speechless following the game.

“I mean, he contested it pretty well but I’ve worked on that shot since high school. Ball was halfway down, but, I mean, I can’t really say much about it,” Brunson told reporters following the game, per Knicks Videos by SNY on X (formerly known as Twitter).

There is nothing that Brunson could say that would ease the pain of seeing a potential game-winner miss the way it did on Wednesday night. The Knicks look to him to be the one who carries them over the finish line, and for him to miss by that little will be hard for them to accept especially after their spirited comeback effort.

With this defeat, the Knicks fall below .500 at 5-6, as their early-season growing pains continue. They will have to get their defense sorted out so they don’t have to nail difficult fading jumpshots that have a high chance of missing just to win a game over a team expected to finish in the lottery such as the Bulls.