Jalen Brunson not thinking about historic postseason as ‘sarcastic’ Knicks keep teasing him
NY Post
Jalen Brunson says he’ll wait until after the season or after his career to look back on the heady company he is keeping in these playoffs, accomplishing feats that only the elite of the elite — or in some cases, nobody at all — in NBA history have previously achieved.
But his closest friends on the Knicks will make sure to needle him with reminders that his name suddenly stands alongside the likes of Michael Jordan (1993), Jerry West (1965) and team legend Bernard King (1984) as the only players in NBA playoff history to score at least 40 points in four straight games after Monday’s win over the Pacers in Game 1 of the second round.
“If you know my friends, you should know that they’re all a–holes, first of all,” Brunson noted with a smile after practice Tuesday in Tarrytown.
The All-Star point guard was referring to Knicks teammate and former Villanova roommate Donte DiVincenzo looking at him and teasingly saying, “Michael Jordan?” during Monday’s postgame press conference.
Brunson added that DiVincenzo, fellow Nova alum Josh Hart and his other friends are “all sarcastic, so I just tried to stop [DiVincenzo] before he kept going.”
Still, there is no downplaying what Brunson has been able to accomplish so far in these playoffs, averaging a league-best 36.6 points in seven games against the 76ers and the Pacers, with Game 2 against Indiana on tap for Wednesday night at the Garden.
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