Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks previewed a potential must-watch first-round playoff matchup in Friday night's 130-116 win over Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Brunson scored a career-high 48 points and both teams topped 100 before the fourth quarter in a blistering back-and-forth between the current No. 4 and No. 5 seeds in the East.
Even without Knicks top scorer Julian Randle (ankle) and Cavs leading rebounder Jarrett Allen (groin), both teams got plenty of offense from historic performances by Brunson and Mitchell, who are now the first pair of opposing NBA players since 1997 to both top 20 points in the first quarter of a game.