On April 22, Beijing time, the Jazz lost 118-126 to the Lone Rangers, they lost their first game at home, in other words, the Lone Rangers have grabbed a home advantage, and the Lone Rangers have a 2-1 lead without Doncic. The core of the Lone Ranger Doncic will most likely return in G4, so the Jazz's defense will be more difficult, and The three strong points of Brunson, Dinwiddie and Doncic are too difficult to defend.
Both Dinwiddie and Brunson were key players in the game who refused a 17-point reversal, with Dinwiddie scoring 10 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 2 steals on 3-of-7 in the final quarter, and when the Jazz narrowed to 1 point, he stretched out two consecutive breakthroughs to 5 points.
Brunson stretched the gap to seven points on three consecutive offensive moves in the final minute, facing Gobert on two back-back hits to give Brunson eight points on 3-of-4 shooting in the final quarter.
Brunson scored 35 minutes in the game, 12 of 22, 0 of 4 from three-point range, 31 points, 5 assists, 1 rebound and 1 turnover, shooting 54.5%, although he was not the highest score of the game, Mitchell scored 10 of 21 in 32 points, shooting 47.6%, Mitchell had 2 turnovers. Brunson's three-game playoff game after this game has scored 96 points which is too good.
Brunson set a number of records after this game: he scored 65 points higher than James and Jordan in the first two games of the playoffs.
2. He became the seventh player in Lone Rangers history to score 30+ in a row in the playoffs.
3. Brunson currently averages 32 points per game in the playoffs, and is second in the league to average points per game in the playoffs after Mitchell's 32.7 points per game.
4. Brunson scored 95 points, 15 rebounds and 15 assists in the first three games of the playoffs, and only Doncic has done it with him in the history of the Lone Rangers.
5. Brunson scored 72 points in the last two games with just one turnover, the sixth man since 1978.
In his last three games, Brunson averaged 32 points, 5.3 rebounds and five assists per game, shooting 50.1 percent from the field, 41.1 percent from three-point range and 85 percent from the free throw line.
Bobby Max, a salary structure expert, said that Brunson's real-time salary can reach up to $31.54 million, and his salary this season is only $1.8 million, with an average salary of about $29.7 million, which means that Brunson is likely to win a contract of 100 million yuan in the offseason.
NBA journalist Tim McMahon wrote: "The Lone Rangers are 2-1 jazz without Doncic, with Brunson being the team's second star.
Text/Yan Xiaobai