Bucks’ Bench And Three Ball Too Much For Knicks In 130-111 Loss | New York Knicks

Bucks’ Bench And Three Ball Too Much For Knicks In 130-111 Loss | New York Knicks

OUR DELTA MSG STUDIOS. BILL PIDTO ALONG WITH ALAN HAHN. MONICA McNUTT WILL JOIN US SHORTLY. KNICKS WERE UP 11-10 AND BASICALLY AFTER THAT IT WAS LIGHTS OUT. IT WAS A FLURRY OF THREE-POINT SHOTS THAT YOU KNEW WAS COMING FROM THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.

AND IT’S WHAT THEY’VE BEEN DOING TO THE KNICKS SO FAR IN THE FIRST THREE MEETINGS OF THE SEASON. AT THAT POINT YOU’RE CHASING THE SCOREBOARD. DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE AGAINST THE BUCKS TEAM THAT HAS ALL THE SIZE ON YOU AND OBVIOUSLY CAN KNOCK DOWN THE THREE.

AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF GUYS THAT DO THAT IN THIS GAME. SO THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING, THAT’S MINUS 21 POINTS BETWEEN THE KNICKS AND THE BUCKS. ALREADY DOWN 21 AT THE THREE-POINT LINE. YOU ALSO ARE MINUS 26 BENCH SCORING. YOU MENTIONED BOBBY PORTIS.

HE HAD A HECK OF A GAME OFF THE BENCH AND THAT’S A BIG PART OF IT TOO BECAUSE THE KNICKS DIDN’T HAVE AN ANSWER. IMMANUEL QUICKLEY DID NOT HAVE A GOOD GAME OFF THE BENCH. THEN THE REBOUNDING, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE KNICKS ALWAYS BRING TO THE TABLE, MINUS 13 ON THE BOARDS.

WORST OF THE SEASON. NORMALLY THEY WIN THAT REBOUNDING BATTLE AGAINST A REALLY BIG BUCKS TEAM THEY LOST IT. THREE FACTORS IN WHY THEY LOST THIS GAME THE WAY THEY DID. ONLY THE SEVENTH TIME NOW IN 28 GAMES THE KNICKS HAVE BEEN OUTREBOUNDED BY THE OPPOSITION.

YOU TOUCHED ON THE THREES. REMEMBER IN MILWAUKEE ON DECEMBER THE 5th THE BUCKS WENT 23 OF 38 FROM DOWNTOWN. THIS AFTERNOON 16 OF 32. WHILE THE KNICKS ONLY MADE NINE THREES. SO THAT’S A DIFFERENTIAL, ALAN, OF 21 POINTS. IT’S REALLY WHEN YOU WATCH

THE GAME LIVE YOU SAY TO YOURSELF HOW DO THEY JUST — THEY NEVER MISS. AND IT’S ALL INSIDE-OUT THAT YOU SEE HERE. SOME OF THESE ARE CONTESTED. AND EVENTUALLY YOU’LL SEE SOME COMPLETELY UNCONTESTED. MALIK BEASLEY HAD IT GOING EARLY. 11 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. REALLY SET THE TONE.

THEN BOBBY PORTIS CAME IN. HE HIT THREE THREES OFF THE BENCH AS WELL. AND IT JUST FELT LIKE EVERYBODY THAT TOOK A THREE IN THIS GAME FOR THE BUCKS HIT THREES. AND THAT’S JUST WHAT THEY DO. SO THE KNICKS WANT TO PACK IT IN DEFENSIVELY, TAKE THE PAINT AWAY.

AND THEN YOU’RE GOING TO BEAT THEM WITH THOSE THREES. YOU CAN’T LEAVE MIDDLETON OPEN. WE KNOW THAT FOR SURE. BUT THAT’S WHAT’S GOING AGAINST YOUR DEFENSE. THEN IF YOU START TO CLOSE OUT AND TRY TO TAKE AWAY THE THREE, WELL, THEN THAT’S WHEN YOU FALL RIGHT INTO THE FACT GIANNIS NOW

CAN WORK IN THE PAINT. YOU HAVE TO PICK YOUR POISON AGAINST THIS TEAM. THEY’RE BIGGER THAN YOU AND THEY MAKE A LOT OF THREES. THIS IS A TOUGH MATCH-UP FOR THE KNICKS, AND WE’VE LEARNED THAT SO FAR IN THE FIRST THREE MEETINGS. MONICA McNUTT HELPED CALL THE

GAME ON ESPN RADIO AND 98.7 FM. SHE NOW JOINS US COURTSIDE. MONICA, GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU’RE STILL — BAHUMBUG? NO. STILL GOT THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. WE NEED IT AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE. THAT FIRST QUARTER JUST FELT LIKE THE MINUTE — LIKE THE

KNICKS WERE IN IT AND THEN THE THREE BALL BECAME CAN YOU KEEP UP WITH US. AND THE BUCKS ALMOST FELT LIKE YOU CAN. BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF THREES THEY HIT AND AT THE FREQUENCY THEY HIT IT AND EFFICIENCY THEY HIT IT JUST FELT LIKE FROM THAT POINT IT WAS ALL UPHILL, WASN’T

IT? I WOULD AGREE. AND YOU LOOK AT THE BUCKS YOU THINK THIS IS TEXTBOOK PRESSURE ON THE RIM THAT’S GOING TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPRAY OUT AND HIT THREES. MALIK BEASLEY KNOCKING DOWN THREE THREES IN THE FIRST HALF, TWO FROM ONE CORNER AND ONE FROM

THE OTHER CORNER, IS LITERALLY LIKE THE DEFINITION OF PENETRATE AND KICK. AS MUCH AS THE THREES WERE A THING AND IT WAS EERILY REMINISCENT TO THAT PERFORMANCE IN THE SEMIFINALS RUNDOWN — OR EXCUSE ME, THE QUARTERFINAL ROUNDS OF THE IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT, THE REBOUNDING IS WHAT REALLY HAS ME SCRATCHING MY HEAD.

AND I WANT TO GIVE GRACE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THE ABSENCE OF MITCHELL ROBINSON AND BEYOND THAT JERICHO SIMS, THEY ARE REAL AND YOU ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO FEEL THEM. BUT THIS IS THE LARGEST DEFICIT IN TERMS OF A REBOUND MARGIN THE KNICKS HAVE HAD ALL SEASON. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY NINE.

TONIGHT THEY FINISHED MINUS 12 IN THAT CATEGORY. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IN A COUPLE OF DAYS THE KNICKS SEE THIS TEAM AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS DAY, ALMOST THE EXACT SAME START TIME, THIS TIME NOON, A HALF HOUR EARLIER. BUT IN THE SAME BUILDING. SO YOU’VE GOT A DAY TO TRY TO

FIGURE IT OUT. WHAT ADJUSTMENTS CAN THEY POSSIBLY MAKE, THE KNICKS, SO THEY CAN GET A WIN AGAINST THIS TEAM? SPEAKING OF ADJUSTMENTS I’M GOING TO MAKE ONE REAL QUICK FOR THE HOLIDAYS SO WE CAN KEEP THE CHEER GOING. AND NOW THE BASKETBALL ADJUSTMENTS OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO

SHOOT THE BASKETBALL BETTER. IF THE SIZE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE, WHICH IT LIKELY WILL BE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HIT SHOTS. THERE WERE A FEW OPPORTUNITIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE GAME WHERE IT WASN’T AN ELABORATE ACTION IN THE HALF-COURT SET. IT WAS ONE GUY ATTACKING ANOTHER

GUY CUTTING. JALEN BROUNS AND JULIUS RANDLE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION. ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN MADE IT ONE TIME. THEY HAVE TO CREATE SOME MORE MOVEMENT BECAUSE THE ISOLATION BASKETBALL AND THE HALF-COURT SET ONCE THE BIGGER MILWAUKEE BUCKS SET UP THEIR HALF-COURT DEFENSE IT IS TOO MUCH OF A TALL

TASK IN TERMS OF LOOKING TO SCORE. THE BIGGEST ADJUSTMENT TO ME, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SHOTS FROM BEHIND THE THREE-POINT LINE AND FIND EASIER BASKETS IN TRANSITION. THAT’S MR. AND MRS. CLAUS I BELIEVE ON THE TOP OF HER HEAD. ABOMINABLE SNOW PEOPLE.

FROM A DISTANCE I THOUGHT MAYBE MR. AND MRS. CLAUS. I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU CAN GET ONE OF BILL AND I ON THE TOP NEXT TIME. THIS CAN BE PIDTO AND IT CAN BE HAHN. SURE, WHY NOT? BY THE WAY, MONICA, SHUT SHOUT OUT TO THE GREAT CREW

BEHIND YOU GETTING MSG READY FOR THE RANGERS TONIGHT. THEY’RE HOSTING BUFFALO, PREGAME AT 7:30. THEY’RE GETTING THINGS ROLLING BEHIND YOU. WITH THAT SAID LET’S WRAP THINGS UP. WE’RE NOT DONE WITH YOU, MONICA. MERRY CHRISTMAS. GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON AS ALWAYS. THANKS, GUYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS. ALL RIGHT. ONE POSITIVE HERE FOR THE

KNICKS, JALEN BRUNSON 45 POINTS HE HAD AGAINST THE BUCKS IN THE FIRST MEETING AND HE HAD 36 TODAY. I MENTIONED, THOUGH, NOT A SINGLE POINT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. YEAH, 0 FOR 4. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BEAT THIS TEAM, AND LET’S LOOK AT THIS

NOW, LAST WEEK WE SAW A RED HOT CLIPPERS TEAM AND THE KNICKS WENT UP AGAINST THEM. SAME DEAL, RUNNING INTO A HEATER RIGHT NOW. THE BUCKS ARE ON ONE AS WELL. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BEAT THEM YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT’S GOT IT COOKING.JALEN BRU COOKING, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST

HALF WHEN HE HAD 21 POINTS OF 36 IN THE FIRST HALF. HE HAD A STRONG THIRD QUARTER. BUT REALLY HE WAS THE ONE GUY — EVENTUALLY JULIUS RANDLE DID GET GOING AT THE FREE-THROW LINE ESPECIALLY. LOOK AT BRUNSON. THIS IS A VERY BIG TEAM. AND AS WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME

PEOPLE CRITICAL OF BRUNSON’S SIZE THINKING YOU CAN’T HAVE A LEAD GUY WHO ISN’T THAT BIG. BUT HE WAS THE LEAD GUY ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT. HE’S BEEN THE LEAD GUY ALL SEASON LONG. AND EVEN AGAINST A BIG LONG DEFENSIVE TEAM LIKE THE BUCKS JALEN BRUNSON CAN STILL GET TO

HIS SPOTS, FIGURE OUT A WAY. THAT’S AT THE BUZZER AT HALFTIME. A HUGE SHOT. THEY CUT THE DEFICIT TO EIGHT POINTS. JALEN BRUNSON DOING ALL HE COULD OFFENSIVELY IN THIS GAME TO KEEP UP THE PACE WITH A GREAT OFFENSIVE TEAM IN THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS. HE IS PLAYING AND I’LL KEEP

SAYING IT TILL IT HAPPENS, AT AN ALL-STAR LEVEL. AND KNICKS FANS VOTE IF YOU CAN, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TO TRY TO GET HIM TO INDIANAPOLIS. IT IS WELL DESERVED. AND EVERYBODY AROUND THE LEAGUE THAT IS WATCHING FEELS THE SAME WAY. ALAN, DO YOU THINK

PERFORMANCES LIKE THIS AGAINST ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE EAST HELPS JALEN’S ALL-STAR CANDIDACY? HE OUTPLAYED DAMIAN LILLARD IN THIS GAME. LILLARD DID NOT HAVE A VERY GOOD GAME. HE STILL FINISHED WITH 19 POINTS AND SEVEN ASSISTS. BRUNSON HAD 36 POINTS. HE HAD SEVEN ASSISTS ALSO IN THIS GAME. LED THE TEAM.

HE WAS ALSO DISHING WHILE HE WAS ALSO SWISHING, SHOUT OUT TO CLYDE. BUT WHEN YOU DO THAT ONE ON ONE AGAINST A GUY LIKE LILLARD AND YOU OUTPLAY HIM, THAT STUFF HAS TO STAND OUT. IN THE EAST THERE’S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD GUARDS. TRAE YOUNG’S BEEN ON A REALLY

GOOD RUN. HIS NUMBERS HAVE BEEN PROLIFIC. NOW, HIS TEAM’S NOT WINNING. HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ACCOUNTED? BUT LOOK AT TYRESE MAXEY AND HOW WELL THEY’RE PLAYING IN PHILADELPHIA. HE AND JOEL EMBIID ARE AN UNSTOPPABLE DUE OY AND THEY’RE IN THE TOP FOUR IN THE EAST.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT NAMES YOU HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE WHERE DOES JALEN BRUNSON MEASURE UP. SO WHEN YOU HAVE GAMES LIKE THIS HEAD TO HEAD ESPECIALLY WITH TOP TEAMS AND HE’S STILL DOING IT, ALL THAT STUFF HAS TO STAND OUT. IT’S ALL GOOD ON THE RESUME.

HE HAD 50 AGAINST PHOENIX IN A GAME WE HAD AND WAS ALSO A NATIONAL GAME. BIG CHRISTMAS DAY GAME FOR JALEN ON NATIONAL TV TO PUT IT TOGETHER AGAIN IN FRONT OF A NATIONAL AUDIENCE. AND THINK ABOUT IT, HE HAS THIS BIG OF A GAME IN THREE QUARTERS HAS 36 POINTS AGAINST

THE BUCKS AND THEY’RE GOING TO SEE HIM OBVIOUSLY TWO DAYS LATER. YOU THINK THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO TRY TO GET HIS SHOTS, GET HIM OFF HIS SPOTS, TRAP HIM MORE, GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS? ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT TO

WATCH FOR NOW IN THE VERY NEXT GAME, IS ADRIAN GRIFFIN, WHO’S ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HOW TOUGH — THERE’S A GREAT CLIP OF HIM TALKING TO RICK BRUNSON AFTER THE LAST GAME THEY PLAYED AND SAID MAN, HE’S TOUGH, GAVE HIM ALL KINDS OF PROPS.

BUT YOU KNOW THEY’LL LOOK AT THIS FILM TODAY AND THEY’LL SEE THOSE FIRST THREE QUARTERS, HE GOT ANYWHERE HE WANTED. I IMAGINE THEY’LL MAKE SOME TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT IN THE CHRISTMAS DAY GAME, TRY TO TAKE THAT AWAY, WHICH MEANS SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO STEP UP. JULIUS RANDLE DID.

JULIUS RANDLE STILL PUT UP HIS NORMAL NUMBERS. R.J. BARRETT STRUGGLED WITH HIS SHOOTING. CHRISTMAS DAY R.J. BARRETT CAN’T HAVE ANOTHER SHOOTING GAME LIKE

Jalen Brunson had 36 points and Julius Randle had 26 but not much help from the Knicks bench and weak defensive play lead to a 130-111 Bucks win at The Garden. The Knicks look to get revenge on Christmas Day against the Bucks.

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