Kelly Oubre’s ‘big head’ explanation for Jalen Brunson’s dominance vs 76ers

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On Monday evening, the Philadelphia 76ers dropped Game 1 of their second round playoff series against the New York Knicks in blowout fashion, losing 137-98 on the road. The 76ers fell behind early in this one and were never able to make things interesting after halftime, showing some possible fatigue after their Game 7 road win vs the Boston Celtics.

Throughout the evening, the 76ers were unable to stop Jalen Brunson, who scored 39 points on the night for the Knicks, and after the game, Philadelphia wing Kelly Oubre had an interesting explanation for why Brunson was so difficult to defend.

“Oubre says Brunson ‘has a big head.’ Claims he is hard to guard because people get hit by his braids,” reported Barbara Barker of Newsday on X, formerly Twitter.

Whatever the reason was, the 76ers weren’t able to find much success defending Brunson on Monday night, as the All-Star guard got seemingly wherever he wanted to on the floor, splashing threes, burrowing into the paint, and finding his teammates open on the perimeter for good looks.

The Knicks have now led by at least 30 points in three straight playoff games dating back to their first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks, and they also won the game before that streak started in comfortable fashion against Atlanta.

Meanwhile, the 76ers will need to find some answers quickly in order to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole against New York, although they should take some comfort in the fact that they were similarly blown out in Game 1 of their last series against the Celtics, and still came back to advance to the next round.

In any case, Game 2 of the 76ers vs Knicks series is slated to get underway on Wednesday evening, once again from Madison Square Garden in New York.

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