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The Margin · Knicks Nightly · Streak · Thursday, September 10

Brunson's 3-game 30-point streak, averaging 37.7

Jalen Brunson has hit at least 30 points in three straight games, and the number behind it is bigger than his season average.

3straight games of 30+ · last season, Jun 13Jalen Brunson

Jalen Brunson has scored 30 or more points in three straight games for the Knicks, the last one on June 13, 2026. Over that stretch he is averaging 37.7 points a night. That is well above his 2025-26 season average of 26.5 points across 93 games, so this is a sharp jump from his own baseline, not just a continuation of it.

The minutes tell part of the story. Brunson is averaging 35.4 minutes a game this season, already a heavy workload. A scoring jump on top of that kind of playing time usually means he is taking on a bigger share of the offense late in the year, not just getting hot in garbage time.

For the streak to hold, Brunson needs to keep clearing 30 points a fourth straight game. That requires both the shot volume and the efficiency that produced 37.7 points a game over the last three to carry forward, since a dip in either one would end it. If his scoring settles back toward his 26.5 season average, the streak breaks at three.

Three games is not a long sample, so it does not say much on its own about where Brunson's season is heading. But it is a clear signal for right now: as of June 13, 2026, he is playing above his own season-long standard, and the next game will show whether that was a short run or the start of something longer.

Hoops Nightly Desk · every number in this piece is in the box scores and on the pages linked below.
games3
last game2026-06-13
threshold30
avg points37.7
season games93
season label2025-26
season points26.5
season minutes35.4
Season2025-26
FoundSat, Jun 13

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