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Down by 14 points in the third quarter of Game 4, the Knicks came roaring back for another improbable, instant-classic victory over the defending champion Boston Celtics.
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson has been lights out in the fourth quarter of the NBA Playoffs, and he's got incredible stats to show how clutch he is.
Bryant twice scored 100 fourth-quarter points in his first 10 playoff games, back in 2001 and 2003, and then added a 99-point run to open the 2008 playoffs. Stephen Curry likewise scored 99 in the first 10 games of the 2023 playoffs, but Brunson's fourth-quarter scoring pace has moved him past those two legends.
Jalen Brunson donned that superhero cape yet again, and his latest second-half explosion spearheaded another frenzied comeback to vault the Knicks within one win of the Eastern Conference finals.
Salem High went 89-8 and won the 1990 state title with the father of current Knicks star Jalen Brunson, a longtime assistant for Thibodeau, leading the show.