Jalen Brunson ... hit pause. Brunson didn’t watch from the spot he shot it — he walked the arc of his own creation, his left arm frozen mid-air, guiding it home like a paper plane on autopilot.

Jalen Brunson hits the game-winning 3-pointer over Ausar Thompson in the final seconds of the Knicks' 116-113 Game 6 series-clinching win over the Pistons on May 1, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New ...

Follow live coverage of the Knicks vs. Celtics in the NBA playoffs today DETROIT — We may never know just how important Jalen Brunson’s shot actually was. That’s the beauty of such brilliance.