{"id":713664,"date":"2026-04-19T04:21:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T04:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713664\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T04:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T04:21:47","slug":"cj-mccollum-says-knicks-jalen-brunson-thought-we-were-at-a-broadway-show-after-kick-to-groin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713664\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ McCollum Says Knicks&#8217; Jalen Brunson &#8216;Thought We Were at a Broadway Show&#8217; After Kick to Groin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum discussed his kick to New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson&#8217;s groin while attempting a shot during Game 1 of the first-round playoff series between the two teams on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;I shot a jumper and Jalen thought we were at a Broadway show,&#8221; McCollum told reporters after the game. &#8220;He acted it out until they reviewed it. It&#8217;s a normal jump shot. Nothing there. Unnecessary and I look forward to getting my $2,500 back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Brunson also reflected on the play following the Knicks&#8217; 113-102 win over Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t purposeful so we move forward,&#8221; Brunson <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ohnohedidnt24\/status\/2045682870631510428?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In the third quarter of the game, McCollum kicked Brunson between the legs while rising up for a jumper. Brunson stayed down on the floor after the play, with officials reviewing the kick before calling a technical foul on McCollum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After the ensuing technical free throw, New York held a 58-55 lead near the beginning of the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The Hawks quickly tied the game afterwards, but the Knicks responded with a 10-2 run to gain some more breathing room once again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">New York ended up taking a nine-point advantage at the end of the third quarter and continued to excel in the fourth, leading by as many as 19 points before holding on for the 1-0 series lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">McCollum finished with a team-high 26 points on 11-of-20 shooting, connecting on four of his nine attempts from behind the arc. He also grabbed four rebounds and dished out one assist, but committed five turnovers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">As for Brunson, he scored 28 points with 19 coming in the first quarter. He also recorded seven assists and five rebounds, shooting 9-of-22 from the field and 3-of-4 from three-point territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Game 2 between the Knicks and Hawks is on Monday at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta Hawks guard CJ McCollum discussed his kick to New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson&#8217;s groin while attempting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,677,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-713664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-hawks","10":"tag-atlantahawks","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-hawks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116429464788821563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713664","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=713664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}