The Knicks seized a 1-0 series lead behind 43 points from Jalen Brunson.
New York Knicks' Jalen Brunson drives past Indiana Pacers' Myles Turner and Aaron Nesmith during the first half of Game 1 in an NBA basketball second-round playoff series, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. doesn’t go into a game aiming to score 40 points more consistently than anyone in the postseason since Michael Jordan.
Brunson had 21 in the fourth quarter, rallying the Knicks after they trailed by nine early in the period, and joined Hall of Famers Jerry West, who had six consecutive 40-point games in the postseason, and Michael Jordan and Bernard King . Jordan did it in the 1993 NBA Finals.with 40 seconds remaining and scored 25 for the Knicks, who opened the second round with the type of close finish that their first-round victory over Philadelphia was full of.
But Brunson guided New York through another tight finish, after it outscored Philadelphia by one total point over six games in the first round. Pascal Siakam scored 19 for Indiana and McConnell added 18, leading a bench that finished with a whopping 46-3 advantage over its New York counterparts.
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