Donte DiVincenzo, Rick Brunson exchange words after Wolves-Knicks - ESPN

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 following the Knicks' 115-110 preseason victory Sunday night.

Players and coaches were shaking hands and embracing as the score went final, but DiVincenzo and Brunson — the father of Knicks star Jalen Brunson — had words for each other during a brief verbal dustup on the Garden floor.

«I was talking to Thibs,» DiVincenzo was heard saying on camera to Rick Brunson at one point.

The postgame exchange occurred after DiVincenzo had already been shown on camera at the free throw line shouting toward the Knicks sideline earlier in the game.

«That's what happens when they let you run the show,» DiVincenzo said twice before firing up a free throw during the first quarter.

After the game, the swingman declined to specify exactly who he was jawing with on the New York sideline and suggested that he initially was enjoying an inside joke with Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau.

In terms of the postgame exchange with Rick Brunson, specifically, DiVincenzo declined to comment and said he'd prefer to talk things out privately with him.

The moments involving DiVincenzo, who finished with 15 points and seven assists, in some ways overshadowed the fact that it was four-time All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns' first game against his former team of nine seasons, and two-time All-NBA forward Julius Randle's first time back at The Garden after spending six years as a Knick.

Towns had 16 points and 16 boards, while Randle, still rehabbing from right shoulder surgery, didn't play.

During the first timeout, the Knicks played a video on the arena's