In Game 1 as the Knicks mounted a 21-0 run in the fourth quarter, scoring 40 points in the period to turn around an eight-point deficit, Brunson scored 12 points, but Cam Payne had 11, Josh Hart had eight and Towns chipped in with seven.

Knicks star Jalen Brunson was named the NBA's Clutch Player of the Year, finishing ahead of the Nuggets' Nikola Jokic and the Timberwolves' Anthony Edwards in voting.

When an NBA game is on the line, you want the basketball in New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson’s hands. He was named Clutch Player of the Year.