I'm seeing some discourse on this app about Jalen Brunson taking too many shots and that's coming from people who either don't watch the games or have no memory or just gargle and spit basketballreference stats.
Against good teams -- who tend to be more motivated on defense with better individual defenders, who don't allow as many transition attempts and (surprise, surprise) tend to have a better record against the Knicks -- he's very often the only Knick who can create his own shot in the halfcourt. It's a dead end when others try and guess who has to bail them out? On top of that, the idea that the best player in the clutch for the last two years -- who was the best and most clutch player in series against the Cavs, Heat, Sixers, Pistons and Celtics -- should give up the ball in crunch time is very much a losing idea. Did he miss shots against the Pacers? Yes. Is he still the best option to win that game? Absolutely.