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New York Knicks star point guard Jalen Brunson is undergoing surgery on his left wrist, and the NBA Finals MVP is expected to return to basketball activities later this summer, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
Brunson played through the left wrist injury during the Knicks' championship run, sources told ESPN, and it now requires offseason surgery.
He averaged 32.6 points, 4.6 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.0 steals in five games during the Finals as the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs for their first championship in 53 years. The left-handed point guard set a team record for points in a Finals game (45) in the series close-out 94-90 win, accounting for 48% of New York's points in the game -- with 15 points coming in the fourth quarter alone.