Jalen Brunson scored 29 points in the second half of Game 5 last night
That’s the MOST POINTS scored in the second half of any NBA Finals game played in the NBA’s modern era.
Brunson did it in a Finals-clinching win on the road to break a 53-year title drought for the Knicks
An anonymous Western Conference scout says Jalen Brunson has brought back the prototype of a small guard who can lead a team
“Brunson has kind of brought back the smaller, scoring, tough physical point guard that can lead a team. And Acuff has some of those traits. He might even have a little more.”
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Jalen Brunson has scored at least 15 points in all 49 playoff games of his Knicks career.
Only 2 players have had longer 15-point streaks to begin their playoff career with a single team: Michael Jordan (179 straight with Bulls) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (57 straight with Bucks).