Jalen Brunson Overcomes Injury to Lead Knicks to 2-0 Playoff Lead

In the Eastern Conference semi-finals, Jalen Brunson, overcame injury to spark the New York Knicks’ comeback win against the Indiana Pacers in the NBA, last night.

Brunson went off with a right foot injury in the first half with his side leading 24-17 and in his absence the Knicks fell 73-63 behind.

However, he returned in the third quarter, and scored 24 points as the Knicks won 130-121 to take a 2-nil series lead.

Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic has joined some of the NBA’s all-time greats by winning the league’s Most Valuable Player award for the third time.

The Serb, who was previously named MVP in 2021 and 2022 and was runner-up last year, is just the ninth man to win the award three or more times.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named MVP a record six times, Michael Jordan and Bill Russell are five-time winners, while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James have claimed the award on four occasions.

Jokic joins Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone as three-time winners.

Nikola Jokic.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was second in the voting and Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic third.