Indianapolis – Jalen Brunson had a first row seat Karl-Anthony Towns ShowAnd he was just as impressed as everyone.
Brunson was on the bench in addition to problems on Sunday evening, when Towns took over, scoring 20 points in the fourth quarter of the Dramatic Knicks, Victory of match 3 of match 3 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
“I mean, I saw the same thing you saw: I saw a guy going there who did not want to lose, and therefore the way he went out there and essentially obtained this match for us was remarkable,” said Brunson.
The challenge for Knicks is to get these aggressive cities more often and to take away.
Too often, it is not enough involved in the offense.
But match 3 has shown how powerful a weapon can be.
“There will always be a lot of things that will happen throughout a match, and therefore you can say that yes, we can implement a plan to know where it does not have to wait for the fourth quarter, but everything is going through the game where you have to respond, you have to react, you must adjust,” said Brunson.
The cities reacted fairly well in match 3.
The Knicks did a much better work by defending Pascal Siakam on Sunday evening.
After the front set them fire for 39 points in match 3He was held at 17 on 4 out of 14 shots in match 3.
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Part of this limited the Pacers to only two transition points in the second half.
“Pascal is a great player. So just after this match 2, just trying to make as difficult as possible,” said Og Anunoby, who played with Siakam in Toronto. “Perhaps not to help as much in certain situations and not give it easy looks or shots. Just try to make things as difficult as possible and to force it to uncomfortable goods.”
The last two -minute report published Monday revealed two incorrect calls, benefiting each team once.
With 41.1 seconds to play, the Knicks received the ball when Jalen Brunson lost it on a journey.
It should have been the possession of the Pacers.
Later in the match, with the Knicks in front of four and 9.7 seconds to go, Mikal Bridges was called to a fault while keeping Tyrese Haliburton who led two free throws.
The NBA judged that it was marginal contact and should not have been called a fault.
