Jalen Brunson doesn’t get any help as Knicks season ends despite heroic effort vs. Heat – The Denver Post

This was one of the great postseason performances any Knick has ever had ending on the right baseline in Miami late Friday night. This was Jalen Brunson running into a double team from Jimmy Butler and Max Strus that was the same as running into the ending to this Knicks season. It was only the second round. The Knicks still can’t make it past the second round. It doesn’t change what we just saw from the best point guard the Knicks have had since Clyde.

Brunson, the best free agent the Knicks have ever had, had done everything he could do on this night, the way he had done that all series long. He had scored 38 at the Garden on Wednesday night as the Knicks won Game 5 and won another night of season. Now he was on his way to scoring 41 in Game 6, keeping his team alive and the…