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The Jalen Brunson-Spurs fan mystery that stemmed from Game 1 continues.
After the Knicks’ 105-95 series-opening win at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, the ESPN broadcast caught the three-time All-Star in a spat with fans near the scorer’s table.
Referee Scott Foster quickly noticed and tried to turn Brunson’s attention elsewhere before his Knicks teammates came over to do the same.
The NBA is reportedly investigating a pair of “vulgar” courtside fans, though the San Antonio crowd offered a lot of potential persons of interest.
X account New York Basketball posted a series of clips from the final minutes of the ESPN game broadcast, with the incident beginning in the final seconds of the fourth quarter.
The video begins with 20.6 seconds left on the clock while OG Anunoby is at the foul line and Brunson wandering toward the scoring table and seemingly hearing chirping from the sidelines.
The video shows Brunson appearing to have words with a fan in a white hat.
The two seemingly went back and forth for a bit before Foster took notice and the woman next to the fan in the white hat seemingly chimed in.
Later, Brunson dribbled the ball over to the same sideline as the scoring table as the final buzzer rang out. Foster stood between the guard and the fans Brunson appeared to be conversing with.
The Post’s photographers snapped pictures that included the woman standing as a heated Brunson chatted with Foster, gesturing behind the official, as Jose Alvarado and Miles McBride made their way over to the fuss.
It’s unclear what was said in the brief exchange with Foster.
Alvarado tried to pull Brunson away twice before pushing him along to the Knicks’ sideline area to talk with ESPN’s Lisa Salters for the broadcast.
While walking away, Brunson looked back as he walked with McBride, and as Karl-Anthony Towns passed them to head toward the fans, the backup guard seemingly said, “Hey, don’t.”
Additionally, before Brunson started his interview with Salters, Alvarado came by to say something in Brunson’s ear.
Despite exiting the game in the first quarter for a big Knicks injury scare, Brunson found a way to be Captain Clutch yet again down the stretch.
He delievered as the Knicks crawled out of a 14-point third-quarter deficit and tallied 30 points on 12-of-31 shooting across 37 minutes.
The Spurs host Game 2 on Friday before the series heads to New York, and it seems some courtside seats for the second go-round may have just opened up.
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