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NBA Communications: The 2024-25 Kia All-NBA Second Crew: ▪ Jalen Brunson of @nyknicks ▪ Stephen Curry of @warriors ▪ Anthony Edwards of @Timberwolves ▪ LeBron James of @Lakers ▪ Evan Mobley of @cavs
Supply: x.com

What’s the excitement on Twitter?

Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Jalen Brunson handed all these gamers in playoff scoring tonight:
Vince Carter
George Gervin
Anthony Davis
George Hill
Michael Cooper
Don Nelson
Paul Millsap
He’s No. 110 all-time now. – 11:54 PM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
LeBron James is the primary participant at age 40 or older to make All-NBA in NBA historical past 🔥 pic.x.com/TsEyU3JTCt11:09 PM

Legislation Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
No Pacer performed greater than 36:47 tonight (Andrew Nembhard)
Jalen Brunson performed 38:58
Mikal Bridges performed 45:07 – 10:59 PM
Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
The sport for me was Thibs calling a timeout down 91-85, with 9:32 remaining and NOT bringing Jalen Brunson again on the opposite finish, leaving Payne on the ground yet one more possession, the Knicks not scoring that possession and giving a 3…that 94-85 deficit proved insurmountable – 10:53 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Jalen Brunson in Recreation 2:
36 PTS
11 AST
5 3P
Solely MJ and LeBron have extra 35p/10a playoff video games within the Japanese Convention. pic.x.com/WjGHzhQ6ni10:38 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Gamers with 5 or extra 35p/10a playoff video games:
— LeBron James
— Michael Jordan
— Jerry West
and Jalen Brunson pic.x.com/hApLDiuoaU10:34 PM

Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton, man. Your group is legitimately simply by no means useless when you could have both of these two. They by no means really feel stress. Simply gonna get to their spots. – 10:32 PM
LeBron James @KingJames
ALL NBA at 40!! Low key loopy to me proper now! Sitting right here watching the playoffs simply desirous about it. Blessed past I may even think about.👑🙏🏾 – 9:48 PM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
LeBron James now has as many All-NBA picks as Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain mixed.
Yet another than Magic Johnson and Larry Chook mixed. – 7:07 PM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
“He’s on tempo to be the best Knick ever. If he wins the NBA championship, it received’t even be a contest.”
—@QRich on the place Jalen Brunson ranks among the many Knicks’ biggest
(by way of @PatMcAfeeShow) pic.x.com/gNM50ekrMA1:11 PM

Chris Mannix @SIChrisMannix
NEW: Coming into Recreation 2, Indiana’s precedence is to make the sport troublesome for Jalen Brunson. “You bought to have a toolbox stuffed with instruments,” stated Rick Carlisle. “And never all of the instruments are going to work.” si.com/nba/pacers-mus…11:19 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Michael Jordan, Jerry West, Kobe Bryant, James Harden, Allen Iverson.
The one guards in NBA historical past with extra 40-point playoff video games than Jalen Brunson. pic.x.com/znrkHtMptk10:46 AM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
On today in 2009, LeBron drilled this iconic game-winner in opposition to Orlando through the Japanese Convention Finals 👑🔥
(by way of @NBAHistory)
pic.x.com/OjUML2PIX48:41 AM

Legislation Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Gamers with 10+ FGs and 10+ assists in a recreation up to now this postseason
– Nikola Jokić
– James Harden
– Cade Cunningham 2x
– Jalen Brunson 2x
– Jayson Tatum
– Julius Randle 2x
– And now Tyrese Haliburton – 12:48 AM
Legislation Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Turnovers in Recreation 1 at New York
Indiana Pacers: 7
Jalen Brunson by himself: 7 (postseason career-worst) – 12:14 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Jalen Brunson handed all these gamers in playoff scoring tonight:
Adrian Dantley
Jerome Kersey
Jrue Vacation
Charles Oakley
Dick Barnett
Rik Smits
Dave DeBusschere
Michael Finley
Shawn Kemp
Shawn Marion
He’s No. 117 all-time now. – 11:50 PM
Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
Jalen Brunson 43 factors
Karl-Anthony Cities 35 factors
Tyrese Haliburton 31 factors
Aaron Nesmith 30 factors
That is simply the fifth playoff recreation in NBA historical past with 4 30-point scorers. – 11:48 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Jalen Brunson in Recreation 1:
43 PTS
5 AST
15-25 FG
The primary Knick ever with a 40-point recreation within the Convention Finals. pic.x.com/pKT7kMUmFm11:14 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
Playoff video games with 40+ PTS and 5+ AST for the Knicks:
7 — Jalen Brunson
4 — Each different participant mixed pic.x.com/QsjSN6WNaT11:08 PM

Ian Begley @IanBegley
Jalen Brunson is on bench w/5 fouls in the intervening time & NYK has scored 14 straight factors to take a 16-pt lead with 7:22 to go. Brunson has 31 pts on 12-for-18 taking pictures. That is his 18th playoff recreation with 30+ pts as a Knick, tying Patrick Ewing for essentially the most in franchise historical past. – 10:19 PM
Fred Katz @FredKatz
With 10:05 to go within the fourth quarter, Jalen Brunson picked up his fifth foul and exited the sport.
Within the two and a half minutes that adopted, the Knicks have gone on a 14-0 run. – 10:19 PM
Legislation Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Jalen Brunson has 5 fouls, however with 9:20 left to play, the Knicks are outscoring the Pacers by 8 factors with Brunson OFF the ground – 10:09 PM
Scott Agness @ScottAgness
4:44 3Q: 4 fouls on Jalen Brunson, who has a game-high 22pts.
Pacers inside two after a pair of free throws from Haliburton (20pts). – 9:47 PM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
KAT and Jalen Brunson mix for 33 PTS within the first half 🔥
Knicks lead on the break 🍿 pic.x.com/SQjX2MkwdE9:19 PM

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Indiana’s guard defenders are principally good. It’s simply that “principally good” is a large step down from “Ausar Thompson” after which “Derrick White and Jrue Vacation,” so not tremendous stunned Jalen Brunson seems to be nice up to now. – 8:18 PM
Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
The world-famous, on-the-block, back-to-the-basket, low-post scorer: Jalen Brunson. – 8:18 PM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Most years receiving MVP votes
20 – LeBron James
19 –
18 –
17 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
16 – Tim Duncan
15 – Karl Malone
14 – Shaquille O’Neal
13 – MJ, Kobe, Olajuwon – 7:21 PM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
LeBron James has changed Michael Jordan because the oldest participant in NBA historical past to obtain MVP votes.
He’s now each the youngest (at age 19) and oldest participant (at age 40) ever to obtain MVP votes. – 7:15 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
2025 award winners remaining within the playoffs:
— Jalen Brunson
— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
That’s it. pic.x.com/IEX4qjsg5p4:14 PM

Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
“I’m considered one of his greatest buddies, however on the identical time I didn’t see the extent of what he has risen to.”
Fmr. NBA G Ryan Arcidiacono on the rise of his former teammate Jalen Brunson
Hear Give and Go along with @WorldWideWob & @adaniels33 each weekday at 1pm ET on NBA Radio, Ch. 86. pic.x.com/Nfmm8qNobP3:57 PM

Fred Katz @FredKatz
On Jalen Brunson and the Knicks’ journey to the convention finals: nytimes.com/athletic/63713… pic.x.com/boCRZ6YQtO8:40 AM

Legislation Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Tonight was the primary time that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tried 25+ subject objectives and 10+ free throws in the identical playoff recreation
Michael Jordan did it 46x
LeBron James did it 27x
Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson did it 20x every
Donovan Mitchell has completed it 9 instances (3x vs IND) – 2:50 AM

Extra on this storyline

NBA Stat: LeBron James with 21 consecutive All-NBA picks. The hole between him (21) and the second place (15) is similar dimension because the hole between second (15) and thirty second (9). Simply unimaginable. -via Bluesky / Could 23, 2025
Stephen A. Smith: The factor now we have to know—and what’s necessary about this dialog—is that after we debate the GOAT, the negativity of it comes from LeBron and his camp. No one else. After we say he’s quantity two all-time, we’re appreciating the truth that—of the 1000’s upon 1000’s of gamers which have performed within the NBA since 1950… 1947, 1950, slightly… okay—LeBron James, there’s just one participant we take a look at and say definitively we expect was higher: and that was Michael Jordan. What did I say to Wealthy Paul someday? ‘You act like that’s an insult.’ Wealthy Paul’s response: ‘It’s an insult.’ As a result of that’s how they’ve acted on the subject of the GOAT dialog. -via YouTube / Could 23, 2025
LeBron James: ALL NBA at 40!! Low key loopy to me proper now! Sitting right here watching the playoffs simply desirous about it. Blessed past I may even think about.👑🙏🏾 -via x.com / Could 23, 2025
Throughout a current interview on “The TK Present,” Kerr defined why his bond with Curry is eerily much like the shut relationship between longtime San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and extremely embellished large man Tim Duncan. “Very related, very related,” Kerr instructed Tim Kawakami about his relationship with Curry having a putting resemblance to Popovich’s and Duncan’s. “I believe Pop and I are quite a bit alike in some ways, and I believe Steph and Tim are quite a bit alike. I’d say that Tim and Steph, should you needed to put down names who each coach who ever coached within the NBA, should you requested them to call a pair guys they’d wish to accomplice with, Steph and Tim would possibly be the primary two guys. -via NBC Sports activities Bay Space / Could 22, 2025
“And I believe that’s the dynamic I noticed with Pop and Timmy after I performed for 4 seasons with the Spurs. It was very related, it was collaborative, it was real love and friendship. Lots of humor a number of pleasure, it’s onerous to seek out that. However Steph and Tim are very related in that regard. They’re most likely the 2 most collaborative superstars. essentially the most straightforward to work with that I can think about.” -via NBC Sports activities Bay Space / Could 22, 2025
Kristian Winfield: Thibs on not calling a timeout when Brunson had ball on remaining possession: “Open flooring. I believed he received the house. I’m gonna belief him in that scenario vs. useless ball.” -via x.com / Could 23, 2025
Legislation Murray: The New York Knicks have been outscored by 20 factors with Karl-Anthony Cities on the ground in Recreation 2 The Knicks 5-man beginning lineup of Brunson / Bridges / Hart / Anunoby / Cities was outscored by 13 factors in Recreation 2 and has been outscored by 29 factors within the 2025 ECF vs Pacers. -via Bluesky / Could 23, 2025
Fred Katz: FINAL: Pacers 114, Knicks 109. Pacers lead the Japanese Convention Finals 2-0. • Siakam 39-4-3 • Haliburton 14-8-11 • Turner 16 pts • Brunson 36-3-11 Recreation 3 scheduled for Sunday night time in Indianapolis. -via x.com / Could 23, 2025