Jalen Brunson's Game 7 ended with a fractured left hand. (More Basketball News)
Shortly later, the New York Knicks' season ended.
Brunson sustained a broken left hand and sat💮ꦡ out the fourth quarter in the Knicks' 130-109 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.
With the win, the Pacers reached the Eastern Conference finals, where they'll face the top-seeded Boston Celtics.
Brunson, who had averaged 31.8 points and 5.7 assists in the first six games of the series agai🅠nst Indiana, had 17 points on 6-of-17 shooting and nine assists before exiting.
Instrumental to New York's success in 2023-24, Brunson finished fifth in NBA MVP v൩oting during the regular season after averaging 28.7 points, 6.7 assists and 3.6 rebounds.