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Six Thoughts: Sixers Blitzed by Knicks in Game 1 As Brunson Goes Berserk
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Six Thoughts: Sixers Blitzed by Knicks in Game 1 As Brunson Goes Berserk

Philadelphia 76ers On SI·Austin Krell·28 days ago
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The New York Knicks, led by Jalen Brunson, shot the lights out in Game 1 to deliver a beatdown on the Sixers at Madison Square Garden. Here are six thoughts on Game 1. Let Brunson walk to the basket, why don't you? Philadelphia's approach against Jalen Brunson early in this game was quite gimmicky. They were content chasing him through screens, allowing the Knicks to free him up with staggered actions to get to the middle of the floor. The physicality on those screens allowed Brunson to get downhill, pulling up for jumpers wherever he wanted on the floor. The adjustment to that is you're probably going to have to switch those actions to get a body in front of Brunson before he can get to his pull-up. Or even if you don't want to switch out of the action and risk a mismatch out of those screens, you can borrow your strategy from the first-round series against the Boston Celtics and implement some peel switches so that Brunson is met on the other side of those screens.…

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