Knicks' Jalen Brunson Named Kia NBA Clutch Player Of The Year Award Winner

“Knicks’ Jalen Brunson named Kia NBA Clutch Player of the Year Award winner”

Jalen Brunson joins the Contained in the NBA crew after being named the 2024-25 Kia NBA Clutch Participant of the Yr.

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New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson is the recipient of the Jerry West Trophy because the 2024-25 Kia NBA Clutch Participant of the Yr.

The award, which was first offered within the 2022-23 season, honors the NBA participant who greatest comes by means of for his teammates late in shut video games. A worldwide media panel of 100 voters chosen the winner primarily based on nominations from NBA head coaches.

Within the 2024-25 common season, Brunson averaged an NBA-high 5.6 factors in clutch conditions, that are outlined as possessions within the ultimate 5 minutes of the fourth quarter or time beyond regulation when the rating is inside 5 factors. In these cases, he additionally led the league in discipline objectives made (52) and ranked second in complete factors (156) and third in complete assists (28).

Brunson shot 51.5% from the sphere and 84.0% from the free throw line in clutch time. Within the 28 clutch video games through which he performed, the Knicks had a document of 17-11.

Total, Brunson averaged 26.0 factors and seven.3 assists in 35.4 minutes in 65 video games this season. He ranked eighth within the NBA in each factors and assists per recreation. Brunson was chosen as an NBA All-Star for the second season in a row.

The entire voting outcomes for the 2024-25 Kia NBA Clutch Participant of the Yr Award are under. The balloting was tabulated by the unbiased accounting agency Ernst & Younger LLP.