Jalen Brunson Enters Rarified Air With 41-Point Outburst As Knicks Advance

Jalen Brunson recorded an impressive NBA playoff feat not seen since Michael Jordan in 1993.

, culminating with a dominant 41-point performance to close out the Sixers in Game 6 on Thursday night.

During the final four games of the series, Brunson truly came into his own, scoring a total of 167 points during that span.

Brunson, who had 39 points in Game 3, is the first Knicks player since Bernard King to record 40+ points in three straight playoff games. King achieved the feat in four consecutive games back in 1984. Brunson rarely saw the bench during his torrid four-game stretch, too, logging at least 44 minutes in every game during that span, as Tom Thibodeau leaned heavily upon his star guard to close out the series for the Knicks

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