
Knicks rout Pacers behind Jalen Brunson’s Game 5 gem
NY Post
At the most opportune of times, the Knicks got back to Knicks-ing and accused the Pacers of impersonating.
“They were talking, trying to be physical, basically trying to be our brand, our identity,” Donte DiVincenzo said. “And they were successful with it the last game. And we regrouped, we watched film and realized that’s not who we are.
“Then we came out tonight and that’s exactly who we are.”
What the Knicks are — at least when they’re at an ideal — is a force on the glass and a dogged defensive team with a sniper point guard to collect the points.
That all came together in Tuesday’s 121-91 breeze over the Pacers, with Jalen Brunson rediscovering his health and stardom.
He utterly outdueled a house-mouse quiet Tyrese Haliburton, dropping 44 points for a 3-2 series lead.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.











