Jalen Brunson had a message for Jayson Tatum after his terrible injury, for which he interrupted the first question during his press conference.

Jalen Brunson scored 26 of his 39 points in the second half and the New York Knicks became the first home team to win in the series by dispatching the Boston Celtics 121-113 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal matchup.

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.

The Knicks haven’t made it out of the second round yet, haven’t knocked out the champs even though the champs were ready to go even before Jayson Tatum is the one who went down. But there is a

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.

The New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics with Jalen Brunson leading the offense. He delivered an outstanding performance and drove the team forward. As a result, Brunson broke a playoff record previously held by Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.

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.

If Jalen Brunson’s No. 11 is ever retired by the Knicks and hung in MSG’s rafters, Evan Fournier, of all people, will have played an important role.