Jalen Brunson scored 43 points in a win against Milwaukee, marking his 10th 40-point game of the season. He joins Bernard King and Patrick Ewing as the only Knicks players with multiple streaks of 40-point games in one season. Brunson, a former player at Adlai Stevenson High School, expressed gratitude for the support he receives from his hometown. The Knicks defeated the Chicago Bulls, with contributions from other players such as hit a heave from midcourt and finished with 21 points. The two teams will face each other again in New York on Sunday.
Brunson delivered his 10th 40-point game this season after scoring 43 in a win at Milwaukee on Sunday. He joined Bernard King and Patrick Ewing as the only Knicks players with multiple streaks of 40-point game s in one season. Brunson, who played at Adlai Stevenson High School in suburban Lincolnshire, Illinois, nailed seven 3-pointers.
“Outside of the city, where I went to high school, it's a special place," Brunson said. “I have a lot of people from there come to the game and support me. That means more to me than scoring 45.”hit a heave from midcourt to end the first half and finished with 21 points, helping fourth-place New York win its second in a row after losing four of five.scored 17 and grabbed 13 rebounds, and the Knicks also got some payback for a loss at Chicago on Friday.
A trailing Drummond, thinking it was for him, went up. The players collided and the ball hit everything but the bottom of the net. Drummond injured his ankle moments later going for a rebound on the Knicks' end and exited the game.Coach Billy Donovan called time after the missed dunk and let Craig and his teammates know he was not happy.The Knicks went on a 13-2 run to start the second half and led 81-64 after Brunson's three-point play.
A dunk by Anunoby and a 3 by Brunson made it 112-103. Brunson also nailed a step-back 3 off a nasty crossover to bump New York's lead to 117-104 with 5:45 remaining.He made 4 of 5 3-pointers, including one with about a minute left to make it a nine-point game before things took a wild turn in the closing seconds. Vucevic hit one from the top of the key with six seconds remaining.
Before the game, Donovan said he had not been contacted by Kentucky about replacing John Calipari and insisted his “total commitment” is with the Bulls. He acknowledged he was flattered by the speculation.Donovan was an assistant at Kentucky under Rick Pitino and coached Florida to NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007. He left in 2015 to coach the NBA's
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