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Jalen Brunson reacts after hitting a shot during the Knicks\u2019 Dec. 13 game against the Magic. Imagn Images<\/p>\nLAS VEGAS \u2014 David Copperfield\u2019s face is plastered across the street for his nightly magic shows at the MGM Grand.<\/p>\n
But the Knicks made the Magic disappear from Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their trip to Sin City will be extended, as they dispatched Orlando, 132-120, Saturday afternoon at T-Mobile Arena to advance to the NBA Cup final.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The reigning Clutch Player of the Year, Jalen Brunson, is often at his best in playoff-like settings or elimination games.<\/p>\n
Jalen Brunson reacts after hitting a shot during the Knicks\u2019 Dec. 13 game against the Magic. Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Saturday was the latest example.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He sounded sick during media day on Friday, his voice cracking as he spoke.<\/p>\n
One day later, it was the Magic who must have been sick of watching him dominate them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brunson poured in a season-high 40 points on stellar 16-for-27 shooting from the field. <\/p>\n
He added eight assists as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Karl-Anthony Towns defends during the Knicks\u2019 Dec. 13 game against the Magic. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
As the Knicks regained control of the game late in the third quarter, Brunson dropped Anthony Black \u2014 who had told The Post he planned to \u201cget into his jersey and see how he responds\u201d on Friday \u2014 with a step-back before drilling a 3-pointer.<\/p>\n
The neutral-site crowd \u2014 with plenty of empty seats \u2014 didn\u2019t exactly create an electric atmosphere. <\/p>\n
But the play brought the loudest reaction of the game. <\/p>\n
Later in the fourth quarter, MVP chants \u2014 usually reserved for Madison Square Garden \u2014 emerged as he took free throws with 6:56 left in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2014 David Copperfield\u2019s face is plastered across the street for his nightly magic shows at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4777,1555,21,9,11,1104,10,1264,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-70116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-jalen-brunson","9":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-knicks","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-orlando-magic","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}