{"id":718489,"date":"2026-04-26T10:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/718489\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:33:19","slug":"knicks-jalen-brunson-downplays-yelling-spat-with-his-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/718489\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks’ Jalen Brunson downplays yelling spat with his dad"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA \u2014 It was a family affair.<\/p>\n

During the fourth quarter of the Knicks\u2019 114-98 Game 4 win over the Hawks<\/a> on Saturday night at State Farm Arena, Jalen Brunson and his father, Knicks assistant Rick Brunson, were animated with each other on the sideline despite the game largely having been settled.<\/p>\n

They yelled at each other and waved their arms a bit before the younger Brunson walked away.<\/p>\n

\"JalenJalen Brunson got into a brief yelling match with his dad, Rick, who is a Knicks\u2019 assistant coach, during their 114-98 Game 4 win over the Hawks on April 25, 2026 in Atlanta. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n

When asked what the debate was about, Jalen Brunson said \u201cthere\u2019s no debate there.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what was it about?<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was two competitors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Brunson struggled with his shot, as he has for most of this series. <\/p>\n

He finished with 19 points on 7-for-18 shooting from the field and 3-for-7 shooting from 3-point range and also committed six turnovers.<\/p>\n

He also exited and went back to the locker room during the third quarter after Dyson Daniels fell on his ankle while fighting for a loose ball. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He returned later in the quarter.<\/p>\n

And soon after, he was barking at his father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA \u2014 It was a family affair. During the fourth quarter of the Knicks\u2019 114-98 Game 4 win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3776],"tags":[676,208,3874,7,677,288,6,11,56381,191,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-718489","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-jalen-brunson","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-playoffs","16":"tag-nba-playoffs-2026","17":"tag-new-york-knicks","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116470560675239248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718489","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=718489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}