Once again, Tom Thibodeau isn’t happy with how Jalen Brunson is being handled by the refs. “What goes on with him is ridiculous,” the Knicks coach said after his team’s 99-95 win over the Nets on Tuesday in Brooklyn.

The New York Knicks got better on offense with Karl-Anthony Towns arriving in the Big Apple. He’s taken plenty of the offensive burden off Jalen Brunson’s shoulders. Nonetheless, the star point guard remains the team’s leader and most important player.

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What goes on with (Jalen Brunson) is ridiculous. It really is.” Thibodeau said he thought refs missed a call on Brunson’s drive late, have been missing calls on him

New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau has called for more consistency from NBA officials following the "ridiculous" treatment of Jalen Brunson against the Brooklyn Nets.

But Jalen Brunson had another target in mind. While he would never acknowledge it and certainly would never admit it, but in the flow of trying to lift the Knicks to a much-needed win, he also was attacking Atlanta’s defensive stopper, Dyson Daniels. Daniels had begun to garner a reputation for frustrating Brunson.

New York's biggest weakness is on the defensive side of the ball. The Knicks have struggled to contain strong offenses over the last month. At the top of the list of players who has struggled defensively, though, is captain Jalen Brunson .