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Jalen Brunson’s clutch heroics energy Knicks to wild 110-105 victory over 76ers
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Jalen Brunson’s clutch heroics energy Knicks to wild 110-105 victory over 76ers

Last updated: February 27, 2025 5:20 am
Editorial Board Published February 27, 2025
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Tom Thibodeau all the time preaches the worth of studying by way of profitable. Thanks to a different clutch efficiency from their captain, the Knicks get to soak up their classes from the win column moderately than the loss column.

Jalen Brunson poured in a game-high 34 factors on 8-of-17 capturing, as soon as once more delivering in crunch time to carry the Knicks to a 110-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers at Madison Sq. Backyard on Wednesday evening.

However the victory didn’t come with out its share of drama.

“We knew it would be a hard fought game, but just find a way to win,” stated head coach Tom Thibodeau. “That’s all that matters.”

The Knicks constructed a 19-point lead over a shorthanded Sixers crew driving an eight-game shedding streak, solely to observe it disappear within the fourth quarter. They surrendered a 23-13 run that gave Philadelphia a one-point lead with below 4 minutes to go, setting the stage for a chaotic end.

After back-to-back blowout losses to championship contenders — the primary by 37 factors to the East-leading Cleveland Cavaliers, then one other lopsided defeat in Boston towards the reigning champion Celtics — the Knicks couldn’t afford to let this one slip away.

Not towards a Sixers crew lacking practically half its rotation.

The Knicks had been already short-handed themselves. Karl-Anthony Cities sat with patellar tendinopathy in his left knee after tweaking it in Boston. Rookie Ariel Hukporti acquired the beginning in his place however left the sport with a knee sprain within the second half. Mitchell Robinson stays out as he continues working his method again from offseason ankle surgical procedure.

“You’re not replacing a guy like KAT individually,” stated Thibodeau. “You have to do it collectively.”

However the Sixers had been way more depleted.

MVP massive man Joel Embiid (knee) remained sidelined, joined by Kyle Lowry (hip), rookie Jared McCain (knee), veteran scorer Eric Gordon (wrist), and French ahead Guerschon Yabusele (eye). The expertise hole was evident early, because the Knicks jumped out to a 24-12 lead and maintained a cushty double-digit cushion for many of the second and third quarters.

NBA video games, in fact, final 48 minutes. And one of many Knicks’ greatest struggles this season has been taking part in a full 48.

Mikal Bridges erupted for 19 factors within the first quarter and 28 for the sport, marking his first 20-point recreation of the month, and OG Anunoby added 18 factors and 9 rebounds.

But regardless of getting into the fourth quarter up 9, New York watched its lead vanish. Paul George drilled a 3. Then he missed one — however Andre Drummond tipped out the offensive rebound to a wide-open Kelly Oubre Jr., who capitalized from deep. Tyrese Maxey used his pace to slice by way of the protection, and all of the sudden, what appeared like a cushty Knicks win became a struggle for survival.

That’s when Brunson had seen sufficient.

With the Knicks down one, the All-Star guard took over. He tied the sport with a driving layup, then buried a step-back three in Maxey’s face on the subsequent possession to place New York again on high.

The depleted Sixers didn’t have a solution.

The Knicks now brace for a vital stretch, with seven of their subsequent eight video games approaching the highway. Subsequent up: a back-to-back towards the Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Warmth earlier than returning residence to face the Golden State Warriors.

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