{"id":735420,"date":"2026-06-14T05:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/735420\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:47:12","slug":"nba-finals-2026-jalen-brunson-wins-nba-finals-mvp-after-record-breaking-45-point-masterclass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/735420\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Finals 2026: Jalen Brunson Wins NBA Finals MVP After Record-Breaking 45-Point Masterclass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018King of New York\u2019, Jalen Brunson, has been named the NBA Finals MVP after a dominant performance in Game 5 capped off a legendary series that will be remembered for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of the 2026 NBA Finals LIVE with ESPN on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/ussports?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkbasketball-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-basketball-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brunson finished with 45 points, the most in a Finals-sealing win since Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2021, and a franchise record for most points in a finals game. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoly s***,\u201d a speechless and visibly emotional Brunson said to Lisa Salters post-game. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got no words. I don\u2019t know what I\u2019m feeling. I\u2019m just in awe. Whenever someone counted us out we found a way to come back and do something about it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to find a way. Whatever you put in front of us, it doesn\u2019t matter&#8230; every time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brunson kept the Knicks within striking distance in the first half, heading into the break with 16 points. New York needed even more from its superstar after halftime, and he delivered. His finals MVP did not come as a surprise, with a dominant series from start to finish. <\/p>\n<p>Across the championship series, he averaged 32.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game while shooting 42.1 per cent from the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u2018King of New York\u2019, Jalen Brunson, has been named the NBA Finals MVP after a dominant performance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-735420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}