Tyrese Maxey was sixth in the Most Improved Player voting two years ago, a tribute to the jump he made between his first and second seasons in the NBA. Maxey’s scoring rose for the third consecutive year, and he finished the regular season averaging 25.9 points, 6.2 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game — all career bests. It’s not uncommon for players to see their numbers soar when given a new role, but that wasn’t the case with Maxey.
Tom Thibodeau is fond of saying that the magic lies in the work; on Monday night at Madison Square Garden, it produced a shot that ranks among the most magical in the last 30 years of Knicks basketball.
Jamal Murray fired the game-winner at the buzzer as the NBA champion Denver Nuggets erased a 20-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 on Monday and take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference playoff series.The drama in Denver followed a scintillating comeback by the New York Knicks, who scored eight points in the final half-minute to stun the Philadelphia 76ers 104-101 for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference set.
No. | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
5 | PF | |
8 | SF | |
44 | SF | |
4 | SG | |
11 | PG | |
18 | SG | |
0 | SG | |
25 | PF | |
3 | SG | |
55 | C | |
8 | SG | |
2 | PG | |
13 | SG | |
30 | PF | |
23 | C | |
45 | C | |
00 | SF | |
1 | SG |