Two years ago Brunson, the most celebrated second-round pick since Nikola Jokic, led all American-born players in scoring, and he has since maintained the pace. He has been an MVP top-five finisher and for the second time with the Knicks he’s averaging 28 points.

Jalen Brunson scored at least 30 points for the fourth consecutive game, his season-high 40 leading the Knicks past the Orlando Magic 132-120 on Saturday and putting New York in the NBA Cup final. The Knicks, who have won five in a row and nine of 10, will play Oklahoma City or San Antonio on Tuesday night for the championship.

The movie was originally set to star Stanfield's The Harder They Fall castmate Jonathan Majors, who was dropped from the project less than a month after he was found guilty of one count of assault and one count of harassment in a 2023 domestic violence trial.

One could say that the Los Angeles Lakers claimed supremacy over the NBA during the early 2000s. Boasting one of the greatest duos of all time in Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, the Purple and Gold remain the last team to three-peat (2000-2002) in the league to date.