“I need to correct you: Mikal and I won two,” Brunson …

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In the snap of a finger, I could see that Hart was flooded with memories of the past as a new one was being internalized. Hart, Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges sat shoulder to shoulder inside Cleveland’s Rocket Arena after their New York Knicks swept the Cavaliers to earn the franchise’s first trip to the NBA Finals since 1999. The three Knicks were at a podium high off the ground, fresh off their greatest feat as teammates at this level. Nearly a decade earlier, though, this trio went through something similar. As members of the Villanova men’s college basketball team, Hart, Bridges and Brunson won national championships together. Well, sort of. “I need to correct you: Mikal and I won two,” Brunson interrupted when this media member asked Hart about the former college teammates sitting together after winning the Eastern Conference in the NBA. “Josh won one. Continue.”

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