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\n\tJalen Brunson is coming to Monica McNutt\u2019s defense after the New York Knicks radio analyst faced backlash over comments she made about Taylor Swift<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing the Knicks\u2019 championship-clinching Game 5 victory on Saturday (June 13), the NBA Finals<\/a> MVP addressed the controversy surrounding McNutt\u2019s remarks during the Game 4 broadcast, when she questioned the pop superstar\u2019s loyalty<\/a> to the team.<\/p>\n \n\tAmid the postgame celebration, Brunson crossed paths with McNutt and offered words of support while sending a playful message to Swift\u2019s devoted fanbase.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI just want to say something to the Swifities,\u201d the basketball star said<\/a> as McNutt laughed beside him. \u201cShe\u2019s a really good one, cut her some slack. It\u2019s all good, I promise.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBrunson\u2019s comments came after McNutt questioned Swift\u2019s Knicks fandom<\/a> when the singer \u2014 a New York City resident \u2014 attended Game 4 at Madison Square Garden earlier in the week. Swift was seated courtside alongside two of the HAIM sisters and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit<\/em> star Mariska Hargitay.<\/p>\n \n\tDuring Wednesday\u2019s game (June 10), McNutt\u2019s broadcast partner appeared eager to snap a photo of Swift from below their broadcast position. But McNutt wasn\u2019t impressed. \u201cShe\u2019s not a Knicks fan. Get out of here, girl,\u201d McNutt scoffed. The clip quickly went viral on social media, with Swifties rushing to defend the singer.<\/p>\n \n\tThe following morning, McNutt addressed the backlash in an Instagram Stories video while speaking with a reporter about the viral moment.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cSwifties, I appreciate your passion. I said what I said. Here\u2019s the deal, if I\u2019m wrong \u2014 I am wrong, apparently,\u201d the radio analyst said. \u201cShe owns an OG Amar\u2019e Stoudemire jersey. I misspoke I did not know, but here\u2019s the deal, context: I literally just did a piece on Celebrity Row. I\u2019ve been with this organization for 5 years. I know these folks \u2014 Ben Stiller, his wife, Spike Lee, Fat Joe. I had not seen her here this year or last year, and we just saw her in Cleveland with her fiance, obviously Travis supports the Cavs, she didn\u2019t have any Knicks paraphernalia, so I did not know of her Knicks loyalty. But shout out to T-Swift! Like, we can be united in orange and blue, it\u2019s fine!\u201d<\/p>\n