My rule with trash talking fans is as long as they aren’t talking about your family, being vulgar or taking personal shots all is fair game.
Reminding Barrett that he is -29 plus/minus is solid trash talk to me.
I don’t have an issue with Barrett chirping back. As long as it stays professional it is all good.
Here was the game in question and why the fan shouldn’t have been chirping.
Alec Burks scored a season-high 34 points to lead a huge night from New York’s bench and the Knicks beat the short-handed Detroit Pistons 94-85 Wednesday.
Burks was a point shy of his career high and Immanuel Quickley added 18 points as the Knicks’ reserves combined for 65 points. RJ Barrett was the only starter in double figures at 15 points, and New York outscored Detroit 30-14 in the fourth quarter.
Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau rode his second unit during the fourth-quarter comeback. New York had a 65-7 advantage in bench points, and three of those reserves recently cleared the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
“We just felt we’ll find some people that can get something done. That’s what we did,” Thibodeau said. “In some ways, that was a blessing. Those guys were out and now they’re back in, so their energy was real high.”
Burks scored 19 points in the fourth quarter on a night when the team’s usual leading scorer, Julius Randle, was limited to five points on 2-for-11 shooting.
“We just came in and tried to play hard, tried to turn the game around,” Burks said. “(Looked to) make plays on the defensive end and share the ball on the offensive end.”
Thibodeau also credited Taj Gibson for his defense and screening. Gibson contributed four points, eight rebounds and four blocks in 28 minutes.
The Knicks won the game, so it really doesn’t matter how Barrett played.
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