Jalen Brunson Returns from Ankle Injury for Christmas Day Game

Jalen Brunson (ankle) has been cleared to play in Thursday's Christmas Day game against the Cavaliers, as reported by Shams Charania of ESPN. Brunson was held out of Tuesday's loss to the Timberwolves due to a lingering right ankle injury but will make his return to the lineup, which means Tyler Kolek will revert to the bench. Across his nine outings in December, Brunson has averaged 30.3 points on 49.0 percent shooting (including 38.0 percent from three on 7.9 3PA/G), 7.2 assists, 3.4 rebounds, and 0.9 steals over 36.9 minutes per game.