Follow usNY Knicks finally started a match great from the 1st minute on the court as the team’s superstar Jalen Brunson notched the clash’s 1st 3 baskets and had 14 points in the 1st quarter, the team from the Big Apple defeated Indiana Pacers 111-94 to be alive in the matchup and force Game 6 in 2 days.
Jalen was phenomenal from the beginning, scoring 6 of his 7 shot attempts in the 1st period, and the guard finished with 32 points. However, Brunson also demonstrated great effort on defense, which contributed to his team’s easy victory.
Knicks extend the series in the Garden behind 32 points from Jalen Brunson 🗽
The ECF is heading back to Indiana 👀 pic.twitter.com/J6CBcNgrsC
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Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton was coming off a Game 4 in which he finished with 30 points, 15 assists, 10 boards, and 0 turnovers, but in Game 5 in Madison Square Garden, he was kept to only 8 points and 6 assists.
New York manager Tom Thibodeau shared that shutting down Tyrese was a team effort.
“I thought my players were tied together in limiting Haliburton as much as possible,” the Knicks head coach shared. “That’s exactly what you must do to win games.”
Game 6 on Saturday night in Indianapolis is another must win match for the Knicks to force a Game 7 in New York.
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