Donte DiVincenzo accomplished his biggest season along with his longest efficiency, a chance of a playoff collection close to his hometown and an announcement from his girlfriend that they just lately welcomed their child boy.
Not a foul day for the 27-year-old.
DiVincenzo exceeded any cheap expectations by setting the franchise’s single-season document with 283 3-pointers, which he capped Sunday by scoring 25 factors on 5 treys in a career-high 53 minutes throughout a 120-119 extra time win over the Bulls.
He sat for 30 seconds on the finish of the primary quarter, returned to start out the second, and by no means went again to the bench once more.
“It was really high quality,” DiVincenzo, who obliterated Evan Fournier’s earlier Knicks’ single-season document for 3s, stated about his minutes. “Now we’re within the playoffs and we’re all locked in and there’s no back-to-backs.”
The Knicks, who locked up the 2-seed, will face the winner of Wednesday’s play-in recreation between the No. 7 Sixers and No. 8 Warmth.
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If it’s the Sixers, DiVincenzo, a Delaware product, will get video games close to his household and within the metropolis of his faculty, Villanova.
“Hell yeah [it would be cool],” DiVincenzo stated. “Household is true there. So clearly we [myself, Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart] went to high school in Philly. So whoever we play. But when it’s Philly, it is going to be enjoyable.”
DiVincenzo’s girlfriend, Morgan Calantoni, posted photos Sunday afternoon of their new child on Instagram.
“Life is a lot sweeter with you in it,” Calantoni wrote.
Brunson recorded his eleventh 40-point recreation of the season on Sunday, tying Patrick Ewing for second in franchise historical past.
Bernard King nonetheless holds the document with 13 40-point video games in 1984-85.
Brunson, who emerged as a fringe MVP candidate and may get Second Workforce All-NBA, completed with averages of 28.7 factors on 48 p.c capturing — it’s tied with Carmelo Anthony for the third-highest factors per recreation in a season as a Knick, trailing solely King (32.9) and Richie Guerin (29.5).
Requested to replicate on his marketing campaign, Brunson stated, “It’s not over but, so I’ll consider after I’m completed.”
Tom Thibodeau, an assistant coach with the Knicks beneath Jeff Van Gundy, in contrast Brunson to Ewing.
“Once I was employed by Jeff on the primary day in the midst of the summer time, it’s 9 o’clock within the morning and Patrick’s already in,” Thibodeau stated. “Patrick wasn’t working round telling individuals how exhausting he labored, you noticed it day by day. For those who simply got here into the group, you stated, ‘That is the best way we do issues.’
“I believe the identical factor holds true [with Jalen]. As quickly as we signed Jalen, he was instantly within the gymnasium. You can are available any day in the summertime, and he’s in on the similar time. Full velocity, nice focus, there’s no fake-a-gram or Instagram or no matter they name it.”
Brunson, it must be famous, does have an Instagram account and a podcast.