Jalen Brunson put the Knicks on his back on Sunday, scoring a franchise playoff record 47 points in a Game 4 win vs. the 76ers to take a 3-1 first-round lead in the 2024 NBA playoffs.
Jalen Brunson strapped on his cape and vanquished the Sixers.
The Knicks point guard dropped 47 points — setting the franchise playoff record — to carry New York to a 97-92 victory Sunday afternoon and a 3-1 series advantage.
By the end of the game, the crowd, split throughout, was decidedly in New York’s corner with Brunson “MVP” chants reverberating inside Wells Fargo Center.
He toppled the previous Knicks playoff record set by Bernard King (twice) in 1984.
Brunson, who also became the first Knick with 40-plus points and 10-plus assists in a playoff game, was helped by OG Anunoby, who was not only the team’s second-leading scorer but the main reason Joel Embiid was held in check in the second half.
With Mitchell Robinson injured and Isaiah Hartenstein in foul trouble, Tom Thibodeau went with Anunoby on Embiid and — assisted by a trap every time the Sixers center touched the ball — it worked wonders.
