On April 29, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, and the New York Knicks went to challenge the Philadelphia 76ers on the road. In the first three games of the series, the Knicks led 2-1, and the first round of the series played a sense of "either you die or I die"! In the series G4, the two teams continued to increase the intensity of confrontation, and the 76ers took advantage of the home court momentum to establish a 10-point lead in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Knicks seized the break between the Emperor's rest to overtake the score in one fell swoop, and the Emperor helped the team stabilize the situation after returning to the court. Subsequently, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, the score alternately leaded, this situation was maintained until the final quarter of the decisive battle, the Knicks had no bottom line to wrap the emperor, the 76ers became a mess, Brunson continued to create kills to help the Knicks lock up the victory! In the end, the Knicks narrowly defeated the 76ers 97-92!
The two teams played sparks in this round of the series, and the brave one won when they met in a narrow way! In the face of the 76ers, who were constantly losing moves, the Knicks knew that there were tigers in the mountains, and they favored the tigers, highlighting a tough one! The key to the Knicks' ability to turn defeat into victory was that they did two things well! First, the whole team worked hard to grab rebounds and floor balls, and directly hit the 76ers' internal weakness! At the end of the game, the Knicks defeated the 76ers 52-42 in rebounding, 15-9 in the front court rebounded the 76ers, and crushed the 76ers 44-32 in interior scoring. Second, the 76ers are exhausted in one go, and the Emperor's three-board axe is difficult to maintain a whole game, and the Knicks have the bloody God of War Brunson, who is more and more courageous, and can stand up to take over the game at the decisive moment, and even created a scene where the 76ers home fans collectively turned against and chanted MVP, perhaps a praise for Brunson, the new king of New York, or a call for the stealth version of the Emperor!
The 76ers finished their work in one battle, the Emperor and Maxey hit hard, and combined for 50 points + 16 rebounds + 12 assists, but it was still difficult to save the defeat, just because Brunson was too unreasonable! After the whole game, Brunson played 43 minutes, 18 of 34 shots (2 of 8 three-pointers), 9 of 11 free throws, 47 points + 4 rebounds + 10 assists and 1 block, and the plus/minus value on the court was high +10. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Brunson team broke through to the end, scoring 9 points to help the Knicks seize the opportunity, on the other hand, the Emperor and Maxey, the two of them shot to the end, only hit 2 goals in 13 shots, and watched Brunson take the victory. At the same time, Brunson broke a number of NBA records in one game!
According to statistics from the NBA's official website, 47 points is a new high for Brunson's personal playoff career single-game scores. At the same time, 47 points is also the highest single-game score of a Knicks player in the playoffs, breaking the record held by Bernard King for 40 years (46 points). In another statistic, Brunson is the first player in Knicks history to score at least 40 points + 10 assists in a single game in the playoffs, unprecedented! In the past few decades, the Knicks have no shortage of Ewing, Reed, Frazier, Anthony and other celebrities, but they have all failed to complete the achievement that Brunson accomplished today, perhaps this is the reason why he is called the new king of New York! I have to say that Brunson is too ruthless, and the future is promising! In the words of NBA legend Perkins, Brunson was the master and game-changer, and it was the greatest individual performance in Knicks history!
After this battle, the Knicks led the 76ers 3-1, holding the match point, only one game away from promotion! However, Brunson was not carried away by the victory, he bluntly said in an interview: Our mission is not completed, we will continue to unite and fight, and always maintain a humble and unyielding heart! For Brunson, he can lead the remnants of the Knicks to force the 76ers with the great Maxey into a desperate situation, which is definitely beyond the expectations of the outside world, but because of this, the outside world has higher expectations for them! Looking at the East, the Celtics are dominant, the Heat, Bucks, and 76ers are not enough to stop the Green Army's championship pace, and the Magic and Pacers are too young, this burden naturally falls on the Knicks and Brunson! I look forward to them making persistent efforts to make the East more suspenseful! Fans, what do you think about this?