{"id":482792,"date":"2024-05-07T02:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T06:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482792"},"modified":"2024-05-07T02:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T06:43:46","slug":"brunson-notches-another-40-game-to-lead-knicks-over-pacers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/brunson-notches-another-40-game-to-lead-knicks-over-pacers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brunson notches another 40+ game to lead Knicks over Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jalen Brunson&#8217;s playoff heroics continued with a remarkable 43-point performance, marking his fourth consecutive game with 40 or more points, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/new-york-knicks\/\">New York Knicks<\/a> secured a thrilling 121-117 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/indiana-pacers\/\">Indiana Pacers<\/a> in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference second-round series on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Donte DiVincenzo was instrumental in the Knicks&#8217; comeback, scoring 21 of his 25 points in the second half, while Josh Hart delivered a stellar all-around performance with 24 points, 13 rebounds, and eight assists. Isaiah Hartenstein and OG Anunoby contributed 13 points each, with Anunoby also grabbing nine rebounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">GAME ONE GOES TO NEW YORK \ud83d\udea8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d1zXyHEZH3\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/d1zXyHEZH3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyknicks\/status\/1787667265057398897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite a valiant effort from the Pacers, led by Myles Turner&#8217;s 23 points and Pascal Siakam&#8217;s 19 points, they couldn&#8217;t hold off the Knicks&#8217; late surge. T.J. McConnell added 18 points, while Aaron Nesmith and Obi Toppin each chipped in 12 points for Indiana. Andrew Nembhard rounded out the Pacers&#8217; scoring with 11 points.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 of the series is scheduled for Wednesday night in New York, where the Knicks will look to extend their lead. Brunson&#8217;s historic scoring streak has propelled him into elite company, joining NBA legends Jerry West, Bernard King, and Michael Jordan as one of only four players to achieve four consecutive 40-point games in playoff history.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E_6nPfHagWM?si=5lgcafmEZ-s5TQA1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jalen Brunson&#8217;s playoff heroics continued with a remarkable 43-point performance, marking his fourth consecutive game with 40 or more points, as the New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482793,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16971,17333,17172],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[18386,18624,18191],"acf":{"announce":"It was the fourth playoff game in a row for Jalen Brunson with 40 or more points","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482795,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482792\/revisions\/482795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482792"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482792"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}