New York star guard Jalen Brunson has been cleared for basketball activities and is expected to return to the Knicks’ lineup for the final week of the regular season, coach Tom Thibodeau said before Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Brunson is expected to resume practicing during the Knicks’ road trip, the coach said. New York heads to Atlanta on Saturday before hosting Phoenix on Sunday and Boston on Tuesday.
Despite Brunson’s absence, the Knicks have gone 8-5 with him out of the lineup and are in third place in the Eastern Conference.
Brunson is seventh in the league in scoring (26.3 points per game) and eighth in assists (7.4 per game).