“They torched me,' said Wright, who added his former players have arranged for him and his wife, Patty, to attend Game 5 at Madison Square Garden.īrunson and Hart helped the Wildcats to the 2016 NCAA title and Brunson was still there for another championship in 2018. Now retired, Wright was their target Tuesday when Brunson was asked if the coach would have allowed Hart to be eating during his postgame interviews.īrunson wouldn't comment on that, but the two quickly turned the question into their opportunity to publicly call out Wright for not yet coming to a game.

I don’t know why the two of them have to be in there together all the time, but it’s comical,” Jay Wright, their coach at Villanova, said with a laugh. Indeed, Brunson is the straight man, looking alternatively annoyed and amused as Hart sits next to him while feasting on his postgame snack. “Josh is a clown, so he contributes to that more than I do,” Brunson said. Reunited this season, the former teammates at Villanova have turned the press conference into press comedy.

With another win behind them, it was time for the other fun part of the Knicks' long-awaited postseason success. Brunson attempted to let Hart take a question, but talking hoops at that moment would have meant talking with food in his mouth.īrunson had scored 30 points and Hart just missed a triple-double in a 111-105 victory over the Miami Heat that tied the series. That was following Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Tuesday night, when the New York Knicks teammates sat side by side for their latest interview room act. Not when he was busy with a mouthful of pizza. NEW YORK (AP) - Jalen Brunson, like a good point guard, was trying to set up his teammate.

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