Jalen Brunson’s late heroics save Knicks from collapse against pesky Raptors
NY Post
TORONTO — The clutch gene, as Paul Pierce called it, might not show up on a DNA test. But Jalen Brunson passed the eye test.
He’s a carrier and said it comes from his mother, Sandra.
“She keeps me focused, she keeps me grounded,” Brunson said. “My dad pushed me to be the best player I can be. So they evened it out.”
For a second straight game on a second straight night, Brunson came through when it mattered most — when the Knicks needed two pivotal buckets in the final minute of Tuesday’s 121-115 victory over the Raptors.
His trey with 25.8 seconds remaining, drained coolly as the game’s final bucket, prompted a collective groan from the Canadian crowd.
It felt like a reflection from the night prior in MSG, when Brunson strapped on his cape and carried the Knicks through crunch time to beat the Rockets.
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