Keeping an eye on the third title of NBAo New York Knicks went to TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on the night of Monday (6), won the Boston Celticsby 108 to 105, and opened 1-0 in the best series of seven games for the semifinals of East conference.
former chairman, who collaborated with 29 points, four rebounds (one offensive and three pesticides), five assists and two thefts in 43 minutes and 31 seconds on the court.
Of these 29 points, 11 were in the last quarter. Despite having zeroed in overtime, Brunson became only the third player since the beginning of the era ply-by-playin 1997/98, to get at least 75 points in the fourth fourth of the first seven games of a post-season sequence.
The others were two basketball legends: Steph Curry, which in 2023 stopped with the west semifinals; and Kobe Bryant, who in 2008 was runner-up with Los Angeles Lakers by losing the title to Boston Celtics.
The game 2 of the series will be on Wednesday (7), at 20h, again at TD Garden, at 20h.
