Jalen Brunson struggles again outside of fortunate 3-pointer bounce in Knicks’ Game 2 win
NY Post
Jalen Brunson hardly can make a shot, and the Knicks are 2-0 in their first-round playoff series against the 76ers.
Brunson got a fortunate bounce on a massive 3-pointer to kick off the winning sequence in the final 30 seconds of the game, but the All-Star guard endured his second straight rough shooting night in the Knicks’ miraculous 104-101 Game 2 win Monday night at the Garden.
Brunson followed up an 8-for-26 showing in the Knicks’ Game 1 victory on Saturday, by missing 21 of 29 field-goal attempts to lower his shooting percentage to .291 (16-for-55) through two games.
“The one thing about this team is no one really cares who’s doing what, who gets the credit for what,” said Brunson, who also clanked five of six shots from 3-point range in each of the two games. “We just want to go out there and win.
“I said it last time: I could play bad again and we win, that’s fine for me. Obviously, I want to play better, but to the point where we’re all sticking together no matter what, whatever the situation is, we’re gonna have each other’s back. So whatever’s working at the time, we’re just gonna keep going to it.”
Brunson’s lone 3-pointer at least was a huge one, a shot from the left corner that bounded straight above the rim and then dropped into the hoop to pull the Knicks within two with 27.1 seconds remaining to help set up Donte DiVincenzo’s game-winning trey 14 seconds later.
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