An NBA playoff game that ended today, the Lone Rangers won 110-104 at home to the Jazz! Although Doncic continued to be absent due to a leg strain, the two teams played incomprehensibly, and the alternate lead left the suspense of victory and defeat at the last minute, and finally the Lone Ranger won with excellent outside touch, equalizing the series to 1-1, giving Doncic plenty of time to recover.
Although the Jazz trio scored 20+ in this game, the Lone Ranger can be described as a national soldier, Kleber on the bench hit 8 three-pointers to score 25 points, Dinwiddie and Bullock also scored in double figures, but the biggest contributor to the victory was the 25-year-old rising star Brunson.
Brunson played 42 minutes and hit 15 of 25 shots, including 5 of 6 of 10 three-pointers, a game-high 41 points, plus 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, +15 plus-minus for the team, and no mistakes. In the decisive moment of the game, it was even more offensive and organized, and finally led the team to a difficult victory.
According to statistics, 41 points per game is not only a new playoff career high for Brunson himself, 15 points in a single quarter is the highest score in any single quarter of his career playoffs; it is also the first player in the history of the Lone Rangers to cut 40+ in the playoffs without errors; and it is also the fourth player in the lone rangers' Stoncic, Nowitzki and Van Eckersell to score 40+ in a single game in the playoffs.
After the game, Brunson said that he could not get high scores without his teammates, but they gave them confidence. Brunson's rookie contract expires at the end of the season, and he averaged 16.3 points, 4.8 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game this season, shooting 50.2% and 39.7% from three-point range, respectively, according to reporters, the Lone Ranger can give Brunson a four-year, $131 million top salary contract.
In addition, today is also a game in which Gobert's shortcomings can no longer be exposed. When Kléber repeatedly used the block to remove the three-point shot, punishing Gobert for not being able to come out to make up for the defense, and when he was in the most uncomfortable position of not being close to the basket frame and the center defense could not be dismantled, his protective frame height and block advantage were gone.