Miles Mcbride Posts 5.6 Playoff Points After 12.0-Point Breakout

Miles McBride went from a career-high 12.0 points per game in the regular season to 5.6 points per game in the playoffs. That drop left the Knicks with less scoring from a reserve they had needed to steady the second unit behind Jalen Brunson.

McBride’s playoff split

He finished the postseason with 107 total points, but the volume never matched the regular-season breakout. McBride scored 25 points in Game 4 of a blowout win over the 76ers, then finished with zero points in six of his 19 playoff appearances.

He also had six points or fewer in 14 of those 19 outings. Those numbers put his postseason on a very different track from the year he had just finished, when he produced his best scoring average as a pro.

Knicks bench pressure

McBride was supposed to help lead a much improved New York second unit, and his defense was good for most of the postseason. But the edge faded against tougher competition in the Spurs, and his offense did not hold up once the games tightened.

Mike Brown turned to Jose Alvarado when McBride failed to run the offense. Alvarado began the playoffs as a DNP and was mostly an afterthought late in the regular season before becoming a bench savior in a few contests.

New York’s rotation choice

The Knicks now have a clear read on where McBride stood in the playoffs: one big scoring spike, a long stretch of quiet nights, and a bench role that never settled into the production they needed. That leaves New York weighing how much offense it can count on from him next to Brunson if the rotation stays tight in the next run.