{"id":416627,"date":"2026-01-16T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416627\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T09:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:56:10","slug":"steph-curry-warriors-beat-kat-knicks-as-jalen-brunsons-injury-concerns-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416627\/","title":{"rendered":"Steph Curry, Warriors Beat KAT, Knicks as Jalen Brunson&#8217;s Injury Concerns Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jalen Brunson&#8217;s importance to the New York Knicks was on full display on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The star point guard is currently dealing with an <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25360376-jalen-brunson-injured-latest-updates-knicks-stars-ankle-and-status-warriors-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ankle injury<\/a> he suffered on Wednesday. Without him, the Knicks lost to the Golden State Warriors 126-113, marking back-to-back losses and their third loss in four games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">With no Brunson, OG Anunoby and Miles McBride led the way with 25 points, and Mikal Bridges posted 21, but it wasn&#8217;t enough to get past Stephen Curry and the Warriors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After the loss, fans expressed concern about how the Knicks played without their star on the court. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Before suffering the ankle injury against the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, Brunson had led the Knicks in scoring in their last eight games. As the team&#8217;s leader in scoring and assists, his value to the offense is nearly irreplaceable. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It&#8217;s unclear how long Brunson will be out, but New York will need more from its supporting cast if he&#8217;s absent against the Phoenix Suns on Saturday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson&#8217;s importance to the New York Knicks was on full display on Thursday. The star point guard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-416627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}