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Knicks’ Jalen Brunson leaves game with fractured left hand

Do Pacers deserve more attention after ECF berth?
Dan Patrick understands why Indiana may not be exciting to the average fan, but still believes they deserve more credit after eliminating the injury-riddled Knicks to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Boston.

This last injury just sums up the Knicks playoff run.

As the Knicks tried to make history with a Game 7 comeback at home, news came out that Jalen Brunson had left the game in the second half with a fractured left hand and would not return, the team announced.

He left with 3:02 remaining in the third quarter and went straight back to the Knicks locker room.

The loss of Brunson hit in a game where Josh Hart was playing through an abdominal strain but was not moving like himself, one where OG Anunoby tried to play despite a hamstring strain but could only go for five minutes, and once again, the team was without the injured Mitchell Robinson, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Julius Randle. If the Knicks found a way to come back and advance, they would be without Brunson to start the series Tuesday in Boston.

Brunson had done his best in Game 7 but struggled against the Pacers’ pressure defense, scoring 17 points in Game 7 but on 6-of-17 shooting before he was forced to leave He also had nine assists.