In the second game of the playoffs Lone Rangers vs. Jazz, Doncic is still absent in this game, and the team will be in a two-game losing streak if they can't win, but at the critical moment, Lone Rangers youngster Brunson stood up and refused to lose with 41 points. It is worth mentioning that this is also the first 40+ since the start of the playoffs, and many people did not expect that it would be Brunson, an inconspicuous player, who completed this breakthrough.
Looking back at the whole game, Brunson directly blossomed on the offensive end, the Jazz, who has always been known for his defense, had no way to take him, and could only watch him score, Brunson's father, who watched the game on the sidelines after the game, was already in tears, and his son completed what he had dreamed of in the NBA. Let's go back in time to years ago.
When Brunson Jr. was 10 years old, he watched his father Rick Brunson play on the sidelines, Rick Brunson, as a role player, signed a non-guarantee contract with the 76ers that year, but Brunson saw that his father's performance in the 76ers was not good, and after the game, Brunson Jr. quietly followed his father home, on the way he once again learned that his father was laid off by the NBA.
"If he can get past me, then he will be able to take on any challenge." This sentence was told to him by Brentson Jr.'s father, who announced his retirement after being laid off by the 76ers, returned home, and began to focus all his attention on raising his son, who also loved basketball. His father's training was rigorous, and from the age of 10, little Brunson had been training his physical fitness in the hot sun with a counterweight in the heat, because his father knew that he had to jump higher and run faster than his peers before he could have a chance.
In the face of his father's harsh training, little Brunson was not dissatisfied, which made him realize earlier than his peers that without top talent, he had to pay top effort. In 2015, Brunson Jr. joined the U.S. youth team, the team won the World Youth Championship under his leadership, and Brunson also won the World Youth MVP with an average of 25+ per game, and worked hard to start the return.
With this resume, Brunson was recruited by several basketball universities, and he chose Villanova University, where he almost won the honors he could win during the college season. But the reality is harsh, and little Brunson, like his father, has no static talent for explosions, and the scout thinks that he can only become a weakened version of Lori at best. It also allowed him to be selected by the Lone Ranger in the second round. But Brunson Jr. got off to a good start, and he was offered a 4-year guarantee contract.
The next story is clear to everyone, although as a backup point guard, Brentson Jr. did not have many opportunities to experience, but he never gave up any opportunity to improve himself. The 41 points in the playoffs are the best proof, and I believe that Brunson can get more opportunities in the future. Finally he also fulfilled his promise to his father that "I will not be cut by the team because I can be very good".