If you were paying attention, then your attachment to Jalen Brunson didn’t begin on Oct. 19, the Knicks’ opening night at Memphis.
If you were paying attention, then your attachment to Jalen Brunson didn’t begin on Oct. 19, the Knicks’ opening night at Memphis, when his 15 points, nine assists, zero turnovers and the holy-cow-did-you-see-that charge he took against Ja Morant all helped force overtime against the Grizzlies.
But then you watched Dallas start the playoffs against Utah and its star, Donovan Mitchell. You watched the Mavs take out the Jazz in six despite missing Luka Doncic for the first half of that series. In the four games the Mavs won, these were Brunson’s numbers: 30.0 points, 54 percent shooting. “I think most importantly is it wasn’t just me,” Brunson said Tuesday. “It was how this team embraced me with open arms. How they’ve let me be myself, play the way I play. The relationships we’ve made this year, it’s been great. It wasn’t just me — it was a credit to everyone — building, sacrificing and just wanting to win. We were able to get to a decent place in seeding. We have a long way to go for us to get to where we want to go.
And there is no reason not to expect that from Brunson. It’s what he does. Part of the legend of Dave DeBusschere is that, after he transformed the 1968-69 Knicks and led them to the doorstep of contention, he averaged 21.3 points and 17.5 rebounds in his very first playoff series, against the Baltimore Bullets in March and April of 1969.
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