Inside Tom Thibodeau’s inexplicable decision that defined the Knicks’ frustrating Game 5 loss

Source: New York Post

For 2 ¹/₂ minutes of the most crucial part of this game, Jalen Brunson wasn’t on the court. And for most of that time, Brunson stood at the scorer’s table — side-by-side with Josh Hart — waiting to check in as Tom Thibodeau clutched too long to his final timeout. It was the defining decision of Tuesday’s 106-103 Knicks defeat to the Pistons, confounding as it unfolded as silence hit the Garden crowd.