NBA on TNT is covering this year’s 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, which are the last games they will cover with their TV contract ending after this season.
The personalities in the studio are known for being characters and joking around.
After Sunday’s game, Barkley made a specific comment to Knicks’ Jalen Brunson about his coach that he had an interesting reply to.
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What did Brunson say in response to Barkley?
When asking Brunson a question, Barkley sort of criticized Tom Thibodeau on his coaching decisions and how he finally went to the bench for more help in Game 3.
In other words, he was basically saying it was about time that Thibs made some coaching adjustments, and said to Brunson’s face that the bench won them Game 3.
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Brunson, with a smirk on his face, didn’t love the question and answered with, “Ooh I had a great comeback, but I’m let me stop.”
Brunson has a great relationship with Coach Thibs and probably didn’t love that Barkley was a little critical of how he’s coached recently.
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One can assume that Brunson could have made a joke back to Barkley about him having no championships, but I guess we’ll never know.
The Knicks are back in action on Tuesday for Game 4 action in Indiana against the Pacers.
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