The last thing the New York Knicks wanted to see while their team was getting blown out of the water by Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 was their stars getting hurt during garbage time. That said, Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau stubbornly inserted Julius Randle and Jalen Brunson into the game despite New York being buried beneath a 26-point deficit.

Randle even got hurt with a little over two minutes left in regulation while going for a dunk.

Of course, Twitter is getting interesting takes about that head-scratching decision by Thibs to let Julius Randle and Brunson try to pull off a miracle instead of just resting them for Game 3 and avoid the risk of injuries to New York's top guns.

ā€œKnicks have brought Randle and Brunson back out on the floor while down 26 in the fourth. I don't know about this one,ā€ tweeted
Danny Cunningham of ESPN.

ā€œSomeone please explain to me why Brunson and Randle are still in the f*****g game down a million with 5 minutes left,ā€ demanded a confused @DSteen31.

ā€œLOLOL BRUNSON AND RANDLE IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW IS FCKN ABSURDšŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­,ā€ said @Arifromanhattan.

Another Twitter user, @IAMKINGEAZE,Ā  lofted a prayer in hopes of Thibodeau taking Julius Randle and Brunson out of the game.

ā€œThibs needs to take Randle and Brunson out what's wrong with himā€

Surely, someone was going to bring up THAT Derrick Rose injury that most of his fans blame on Tibodeau.

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ā€œNeed Thibs to get Randle, Brunson and more out of the game. You're going back to MSG 1-1. I'm still scarred by having D-Rose in a 20-point blowout in Game 1 back in 2012 and we see how that changed literally everything,ā€ said Justin Tinsley.

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