Jalen Brunson returned to the Knicks for four appearances in April after most of the most of March with a poorly spoiled ankle.
The All-Star ship and the captain of the first year team were not at its maximum efficiency, since he recovered his legs low, after an absence of four weeks, but coach Tom Thibodeau undoubtedly Brunson will be ready to look like the Knicks against the tracks against the Knicks against the tracks against the Plainst’s against Saturday against the garden.
“Never,” Thibodeau replied on Tuesday when asked if Brunson ever seated. “You see it every night. They are not surprised.
“I try not to give it for granted, and I appreciate everything that brings to our team and that he plays to win. His competitive spirit is spectacular. That’s all he hears and that is all that is once a leg of when he was a small child where he is today. That’s right. That’s a roof. That’s toed. That’s that today. Today.” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “” “”,
Brunson, 28, returned from an absence of 15 games on April 6 against Phoenix, and averaged 21.0 points at 43.5 percent of shots in the four games he needed to reach 65 for the season, the minimum requirement to qualify.
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The former Villanova leader has also constantly shown the ability to raise his level of play in the duration of the postseason in his time in Dallas and his first two years with the Knicks.
That includes a hot section last year joining the first two rounds against the 76ers and the Pacers, in which he scored at least 40 points in four consecutive games (42.8 ppg).
Brunson became the fourth NBA player to achieve the feat and the first from Michael Jordan in the 1993. The others who did were the Lakers Great Jerry West (six consecutive games in 1965) and the legend of Knicks Bernard King (four in 1984).
Brunson pointed out on Tuesday that he tries to have the “same mentality, the same approach and the same mentality” in the playoffs. But he admitted that this has “interesting” bone for the Knicks, who added two new headlines in Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges after two consecutive eliminations of second round.
“I think for us, it’s like any other season, it’s a roller coaster every year, there will be ups and downs, and it’s all how you handle it,” Brunson said. “But now that it is the regular season, it’s about how we can move on and be better the next day.
“I know that it is a term that people do not like to listen, but we learn from what we did in the past, good and bad, and we move on and improve. That is the name of the game at this stage of the season … So we are focused. We still have a long way to go with the preparation, we still have a long way to make sure to go to go for Saturday.
Brunson finished the regular season as 26.0 points and a better 7.3 assistance race. It was better in the four games against the Pistons, averaging 28.3 points and 7.8 assists.
He said he believes that his conditioning that comes out of the topic of the ankle is “close” to all force. When asked about his level of confidence in the Knicks who enter the playoffs, he replied: “What kind of trust do I have? Most.”
In fact, spoken as a true captain.
“For me, having the title as a captain is an honor,” Brunson said. “I think the more I pass, the more I learn, the more I can be the better in that.
“To be able to go out and help us in position to be in the playoffs and things like that, obviously, I do not take it for granted, but there is a long way to go with me being the best version of that title.”