On April 29, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued. In the just-concluded Eastern Conference focus battle, the Knicks challenged the 76ers away, and the two sides fought for 48 minutes, and finally the Knicks narrowly defeated the 76ers 97-92, and the series score was rewritten to 3-1, and the Knicks held the match point and were only one step away from eliminating the 76ers to reach the semifinals.
In this battle, the 76ers took the lead at the beginning, played a small climax of 27-17 in a single quarter, and entered the second quarter with a 10-point advantage. From the beginning of the second quarter to the final whistle, Brunson led the team to crush the 76ers in all directions, and even scored 47 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists, and made 34 crazy shots, almost single-handedly defeating the entire 76ers.
According to statistics, Brunson G4 has refreshed a number of historical records after World War I. The first is to cut at least 45+10 when the team does not score more than 100 points, the first in NBA playoff history, that is, at least 2/3 of the team's points are created by Brunson. The second is to score 47 points in a single game in the playoffs, surpassing the 40-year-old 46-point record in a single game held by the famous Bernard King, and becoming the single-game scoring champion in the playoffs in the history of the Knicks. Finally, G3 scored 39 points and 13 assists, plus G4's 47 points and 10 assists, Brunson scored 86 points and 23 assists in two games, becoming the first player in the NBA to score at least 85 points and 20 assists in two games in the playoffs.
has played the No. 1 explosive performance in history one after another, Brunson is not just a simple data brush like James, he is serious about carrying the team on his shoulders, and single-handedly single-handedly single-handedly Embbiid + Maxey combination. As Knicks coach Thibodeau said after the game, many people are questioning whether Brunson is a qualified leader, so I think through this series, he has made the best answer, in the last four series he has scored 22 points, 24 points, 39 points and 47 points, and the team has also led the 76ers 3-1 under his leadership, the series has completely lost suspense, and it is only a matter of time before the 76ers are out. And in the just-concluded G4 game, the 76ers home fans were also crazy about Brunson to give the MVP, which made Embiid, who has been in Philadelphia for 10 years, publicly express his dissatisfaction.
Seeing this, we may not help but feel that the vision of the Mavericks management is inevitably too bad, and in Dallas that year, he teamed up with Doncic to bring the team to the Western Conference finals. Although the team lost in the end, the team management was not half grateful, but refused to provide him with a maximum salary offer, until the Knicks were willing to give Brunson a four-year, 104 million contract, and the Mavericks management may still be questioning that the Knicks are really stupid and have a lot of money. But a year later, Brunson slapped the Mavericks in the face with practical actions, and proved to the whole league that although he is only a second-round pick, he can still grow into the core leader of the playoff team through hard work.
It is worth mentioning that while Brunson played a phenomenal performance, have we forgotten that before this, the real star of the Knicks was Randle, who was reimbursed for injury at the end of the regular season, and now we see that the Knicks are completely Brunson leading the team in a single core, and when Randle returns next season, with his and Brunson's dominance, how can other teams play? The Celtics may have to step aside, too.