There are these matches from which we expect little and which nevertheless offer us a magnificent spectacle. This was the case of this Wizards – Knicks during which Jalen Brunson entered into a fusion to save his team. 55 points, 9 assists and a seventh consecutive victory for New York.
When Jalen Brunson decides to drive with his left hand, there are few defenders on the planet capable of stopping him. Bilal Coulibaly, although often catchy and well placed, learned this the hard way. The New York Knicks point guard was on another planet. The kind of night where missing is more complicated than shaking the nets.
JALEN BRUNSON DROPS A 55-PIECE ????
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The @nyknicks win their 7th in a row! pic.twitter.com/R0pv6s9YxJ
— NBA (@NBA) https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1873200141441867966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
However, despite his 55 points, 9 assists and 3 rebounds at 18/31 shooting and 16/17 shooting, JB saw the defeat up close. In a game where the gap never widened, it was the Wizards who had the advantage with a few seconds remaining before you knew who sent the game into overtime. An overtime that he once again dominated with all his class. Even Justin Champagnie, author of a positively absurd performance (31 points and 10 rebounds) could not do anything about it.
The Capital One Arena was on fire for this entertaining meeting, except that New York and Washington are not very far apart geographically and the atmosphere was closer to that of Madison Square Garden given the number of fans from the Big Apple. Brunson was treated to numerous MVP chants, enough to discourage the locals.
But they fought well. In addition to Champagnie, Bilal Coulibaly, Malcolm Brogdon and Bob Carrington took turns for a long time to cast doubt on the favorites of the meeting. A dynamic, lively match which saw its share of sublime actions like this “cross” from our Frenchman on Karl-Anthony Towns.
Bilal Coulibaly has just sent Karl-Anthony Towns back to Minnesota! ????????????pic.twitter.com/H8MCWf2ERN
— Robin Wolff (TrashTalk) (@robinwolff12) https://twitter.com/robinwolff12/status/1873163809223061688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Thanks to this incredible scoring performance, Jalen Brunson became the first Knicks player to reach the 55-point mark several times since Bernard King!
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