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Stephon Castle Feels Like Knicks Defended Jalen Brunson Well, but He Hit “Loud” Shots

Castle doesn't feel like he and the Spurs did a bad job guarding Brunson, restricting him to 12-31 shooting and just 4 free throw attempts. "He made some tough shots late but I feel a lot a lot of his buckets were just loud because they were back to back," Castle said, emphasizing Brunson's clutch buckets late in the game.

By Pranay Mukherjee

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Karl-Anthony Towns’ Game 1 Defense Earns Stephen A. Smith’s Praise

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NBA Issues Lifetime Bans After Game 1 Court Intruder Incident

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Mavericks in Exploratory Talks With Duke's Jon Scheyer and Michigan's Dusty May

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Draymond Green Calls Stephen Curry’s $400 Million Li-Ning Deal Groundbreaking

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Stephen A. Smith Warns Kevin Garnett to Fix His Language

"Kevin Garnett has to watch his mouth. We need to listen to this man talk basketball," Smith said on First Take. "Kevin Garnett is special. I wish he was here with us right now... but the language, that's the problem. That's the only problem." Garnett called Wemby too emotional for crying after Game 7.

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