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The King of the Playoffs in the Decisive Moment: Brunson earned 180 million in 5 years, the only surviving averages 30+ per game

7:44am, 17 May 2025Basketball

Knicks reversed the Celtics 121-113 at home and led 3-1 with a big score. Many Knicks fans believe that even if Jason Tatum retreats to New York without injury, it can be reversed, because this New York team has a strong reversal gene. They have completed a 20-point reversal many times. In this game, Green Kai only leads by 14 points at most.

This game has become out of control since 5 minutes and 04 seconds left in the last quarter. Brunson made two consecutive shots, Bridges also made a jump shot, Anunobi dunked, Brunson made a three-pointer, and the Knicks made an 11-0 offensive in more than 2 minutes to directly widen the gap to 12 points. Brunson scored 7 points by himself. He also made two free throws in the first 10 seconds of the final game, and scored 8 points at the decisive moment.

Brunson made 14 of 25 shots in 40 minutes, 5 of 8 three-pointers, 7 of 9 free throws, scored 39 points, 12 assists, 5 rebounds and 1 turnover, with a shooting percentage of 56%, a three-point shooting percentage of 50%, a real shooting percentage of 67.3%, plus or negative value +12, and scored 8 points at critical moments.

Knicks played 8 games to the decisive moment, and Brunson has scored a total of 43 points in the playoffs, and the second place is the Nuggets Gordon’s 7-game winning moments.

It is worth mentioning that Brunson averaged 30.1 points per game in the playoffs, and he is the only player who is still in the playoffs averaged 30+. Antetokounmpo has been fishing at 33 points per game, Doncic has been fishing at 30.2 points per game, and even Ban Kairo has been fishing at 29.4 points per game.

Brunson currently averages 40.2 minutes per game, with 30.1 points, 8 assists, 4 rebounds, 0.5 steals, 0.35 blocks and 2.9 three-pointers, shooting percentage of 43.5%, and three-point shooting percentage of 36.7%.

Brunson's salary this year is only 24.96 million, and his four-year, 157 million contract will only take effect this summer. In other words, only 181 million in five years, and his average salary is only 36.2 million. In comparison, Jaylen Brown's average salary is 57 million, while Tatum's average salary is 62.8 million. The Knicks really made a lot of money.

Text/Yan Xiaobai

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