Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo, playing at Madison Square Garden for the first time since being traded from New York two weeks ago, had to be separated from Knicks assistant coach Rick Brunson after the Knicks won 115-110 in a preseason game Sunday night.<\/p>
While players and coaches were exchanging handshakes and hugs as the game concluded, DiVincenzo and Brunson – who is the father of Knicks star Jalen Brunson – had a brief verbal altercation on the court.<\/p>
“I was talking to Thibs,” DiVincenzo was heard saying on camera to Rick Brunson at one point.<\/em><\/p> Earlier in the game, DiVincenzo had already been seen at the free throw line shouting toward the Knicks’ sideline.<\/p> “That’s what happens when they let you run the show,”<\/em> DiVincenzo said twice before taking a free throw in the first quarter.<\/em><\/p>