The Knicks won Tuesday’s NBA Cup final, defeating San Antonio, 124-113, to claim their first in-season tournament title.
Star point guard Jalen Brunson was named MVP of tournament, the NBA announced (via Twitter).
Brunson’s statistics in the championship game were fairly run-of-the-mill by his lofty standards; he finished with 25 points, eight assists and four rebounds in 41 minutes, but shot just 11-of-27 and committed four turnovers. However, he was awarded MVP not just for his play in the final but for the group stage and knockout rounds as well.
According to the league (Twitter link), 20 members of the media selected the MVP and Brunson was nearly a unanimous winner, having received 19 votes. Knicks forward OG Anunoby, who had an outstanding final (29 points on 11-of-17 shooting, nine rebounds, three assists), received the other vote.
More to come…