On May 1, Beijing time, the New York Knicks lost to the Philadelphia 76ers 106-112 at home, and the score was rewritten to 3-2, the G5 battle between the two teams fought to overtime, Maxey completed the key 3+1 and the draw in the fourth quarter, but Brunson missed the kill, and Brunson's key layup in overtime was hatted by Batum, and Batum's two big hats were very critical.
It was after the game that Brunson talked about Thibodeau saying that the team lost because of three low-level mistakes and a lack of communication in the team, and Brunson said that it was all mine.
On top of that, Brunson also talked about his misguided pass with 18 seconds left in overtime, his own misjudgment, when Harden thought he was going to shoot a three-pointer and didn't expect him to pass to him. (After this error, Harris made both free throws to stretch to four points)
Brunson finished the game for 51 minutes, 15-of-32, 4-of-11 three-pointers, and 6-of-9 free throws, scoring 40 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals, shooting 46.9% from the field and 36.4% from three-point range, scoring 9 points in the fourth quarter and 9 points in overtime. The fourth-quarter stunner was hatted by Batum, and the key layup with 9 seconds left in overtime was hatted by Batum.
Harris said of Brunson after the game: He's a very cunning guy, he likes to get to the free throw line, he'll lure him into continuous jumps and get you off balance with a few shots, and there's no doubt that he's a good guy at disguise.
Brunson set a number of records in this campaign: 1. He became the third player in Knicks history to score 40+ multiple times, second only to Ewing and Bernard King;
2. Scored 126 points and 29 assists in the last three games, averaging at least 41 points and 9 assists per game, ranking first in NBA history;
3. The series has taken 148 shots, tied for 11th in the first five games;
Charles Oakley hailed Brunson as the greatest player for the Knicks since Flesser. He ignored Anthony and Ewing.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream