Brunson and RJ Barrett combined for 28 of the 36 points in the first quarter for the Knicks in the game. Jalen Brunson shot 53.6 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range. On the year, he is 26.1 PPG, 4.0 RPG, and 5.9 APG. Brunson’s PPG is ranked 13th in the NBA this season and this goes to show how valuable he is to the New York Knicks.
Brunson did not turn the ball over in the game against the Bucks. He told Stefan Bondy of the New York Post after the game: “Needed a little bit more energy today and it showed, from start to finish. In the past we’ve had spurts where we had great energy and we made comebacks, we’ve taken the lead but we played with the lead the whole game today and just found a way to keep it.”
The Milwaukee Bucks finish out their Christmas road-trip and 2023 year with a huge win over a division rival on Friday as they took on Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers, coming out on top with a 119-111 victory.
The Bucks were also on fire thanks to Damian Lillard, who put up 31 total points, scoring 24 of those in the second half. But it was the work of both Lillard and Antetokounmpo in the third quarter that was pivotal for Milwaukee’s win over Cleveland.
