124-107 Knicks loss<\/a> last month \u2014 Brunson took 13 free throws, tied for the most he has taken in a game this year.<\/p>\n![\"Jalen](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ebadb11f01dd4e9f05911320477e66b5.jpeg\"\/)
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Jalen Brunson brings up the ball against Jalen Suggs. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Keeping him off the line will be a point of emphasis for the Magic in the NBA Cup semifinals on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe gets tough when he gets to the free-throw line,\u201d Jalen Suggs said. \u201cHe\u2019s tough when he gets free rhythm and free buckets there. So, trying to be solid and trying to be aggressive, applying heat. Trying to make it uncomfortable. It\u2019s a tough balance.That\u2019s what the great ones in the league make you do.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Jalen Brunson handles the ball against Tyus Jones of the Orlando Magic. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Spurs guard De\u2019Aaron Fox played under Knicks coach Mike Brown when the pair were with the Kings.<\/p>\n
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According to a previous ESPN report, the Kings\u2019 decision to fire Brown midseason last year played a big part in Fox\u2019s desire to leave Sacramento.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe brings a level of accountability to, not just a team, but to an organization from top to bottom,\u201d Fox said Friday. \u201cNot surprised the way that they are playing. Obviously, they have an extremely talented team, but I think he adds to that dynamic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Playing in elimination-type games like Saturday\u2019s can help prepare the Knicks for the playoffs, Brown believes.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing in environments like this, they do help you,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate and blessed to be part of six NBA Finals teams. The media and the distractions are much bigger than this, but this is about as close as you can get, especially during the regular season. So there are some things that you can take from being here that correlate with you being in the Finals or whatever down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2014 The Magic have a plan for how to slow down Jalen Brunson. \u201cWe try to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[1130,7,1314,1418,288,461,304,48,6,47,76,3883,986,6279],"class_list":{"0":"post-470646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando-magic","8":"tag-anthony-black","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-deaaron-fox","11":"tag-free-throws","12":"tag-jalen-brunson","13":"tag-jalen-suggs","14":"tag-knicks","15":"tag-magic","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-orlando","18":"tag-orlando-magic","19":"tag-orlandomagic","20":"tag-sacramento","21":"tag-tyus-jones"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115711142141555829","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}