Brunson’s 41 Points Propels Knicks Over Wizards | New York Knicks

Brunson’s 41 Points Propels Knicks Over Wizards | New York Knicks

RANGERS TONIGHT, THEY ARE IN VEGAS TAKING ON THE GOLDEN NIGHTS. YOU CAN WATCH ON MSGSN. THAT COVERAGE IS UNDERWAY. WELL, IT WAS A LOT CLOSER THAN WE ANTICIPATED. A WIN IS A WIN. WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT JALEN BRU BRUNSON. I DON’T KNOW THAT WORDS CAN

DESCRIBE HOW INCREDIBLE HE WAS IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER. HE WAS OUTSTANDING. JALEN BRUNSON FLIRTS WITH A TRIPLE DOUBLE. WHAT A PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE. THIS STAT SHEET IS BEAUTIFUL. 17 REBOUNDS FOR ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN. HE WAS OUTSTANDING. OG ANUNOBY, ANOTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. AND DANTE DIVINCENZO GETTING 12 THREES UP.

I LOVE IT. HE’S ALWAYS READY TO SHOOT. MADE FIVE OF THOSE BIG THREES. THAT’S A BIG WIN FOR A BACK-TO-BACK. THEY WERE BEATEN UP AND TIRED. BUT JUST GET THE WIN. THEY COULD NOT GET SEPARATION FROM THE WIZARDS. AFTER THREE-QUARTERS OF PLAY, IT

WAS ONLY THE KNICKS UP BY ONE. IT CAME DOWN TO HAVING BRUNSON WITH THAT PLAY FOR THE WIN. MARVIN BAGLEY IS A GUY THAT GAVE HIM 20-11, THE DOUBLE DOUBLE. HE HELPS THIS TEAM KEEP THEM IN GAMES. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, IT WAS ALL JALEN BRUNSON.

88-85 WHEN HE GETS THAT BUBLT. HE GOES ON HIS OWN PERSONAL RUN. THESE ARE TOUGH SHOTS. THEY HAVE A TALL DEFENDER IN LANDRY SHAMET ON HIM. IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE. FIVE-POINT LEAD. THEN HE GETS THE AND ONE THERE. EXTENDS THE LEAD TO 95-89. OH, BY THE WAY, RANDLE IS STILL

AROUND HERE, TOO. THAT WAS A BIG BUCKET. EXTENDS THE LEAD TO 6. AND JALEN BRUNSON FOR HIS 40th POINT, OH, YEAH, HE CAN’T GUARD YOU, JALEN. WE KNOW WHAT YOU’RE SAYING. WHAT A PERFORMANCE. THE KNICKS WIN BY FOUR. FREE THROW SHOOTING WAS KEY. SEE THE TURNOVERS. 23 WIZARDS POINTS.

THAT HELPED KEEP THE WIZARDS CLOSE. POINTS IN THE PAINT DOMINATED BY THE WIZARDS AND BENCH POINTS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE SHOW. ONLY 7 FOR THE KNICKS. HERE IS ALAN HAHN WITH DANTE DIVINCENZO. THANKS, BILL. ALL RIGHT, DANTE, FANS THINK THIS WAY. I WONDER IF PLAYERS THINK THAT WAY.

WHY IS IT SO HARD TO PUT AWAY? WHEN YOU GIVE A TEAM CONFIDENCE LIKE THAT, WHEN THEY SMELL BLOOD, THEY START HITTING SHOTS AND FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOCK IN AND BE READY TO GO FOR SATURDAY. YOU HAVE PLAYED WITH JALEN

BRUNSON FOR MANY YEARS, COLLEGE AS WELL AS THE PROS. WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN HE GETS ROLLING LIKE THAT? HE STILL MAKES THE RIGHT PLAY. AT THE END OF THE GAME, HE KNOWS WHEN HE HAS IT GOING, THEY’RE COMING TO DUBLIN. HE KNOWS WHEN TO GET OFF THE

BALL AND WHEN TO TAKE OVER. HE’S BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG TIME NOW. SO I’M NOT SURPRISED. THAT’S WHAT WE NEED HIM TO DO. YOU HAVE BEEN A BACK COURT NOW IN THE STARTING LINEUP WITH HIM FOR OVER 20 GAMES. THAT’S MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THE SEASON.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS WORKING BETWEEN YOU TWO? IS IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR SO LONG? YEAH. JUST TWO HIGH IQ PLAYERS THAT HAVE A FEEL FOR THE GAME. NOT TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH. KNOW WHEN TO GET OUT OF HIS WAY, KNOW WHEN TO CATCH AND SHOOT AND

KNOW WHEN TO GET OTHER GUYS SHOTS. SO I’M LOVING IT. YOU WOULD BE, TOO, WITH A WIN LIKE THAT. THANKS SO MUCH, DANTE. APPRECIATE IT. DIVINCENZO 19 POINTS AND 8 OF HIS 19 CAME IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. A COUPLE NICE PENETRATION AND KICKOUTS. DANTE DIVINCENZO IS ALWAYS READY TO SHOOT.

HE’S BEEN SUCH A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS STARTING LINEUP. THE DEFENSE IS GREAT. BUT HE’S ALSO JUST A PLAYER. HE’S NOT JUST A ONE DIMENSIONAL GUY. HE CAN SHOOT. IF YOU TAKE AWAY THAT THREE, HE WILL MAKE A PLAY FOR ONE OF HIS TEAMMATES, GET TO THE BASKET,

GET FOULED AND HE’S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS TEAM. IT WAS A VERY UNDERSTATED ADDITION TO COMBINE HIM WITH A COUPLE OTHER GUYS FROM VILLANOVA AND HE’S BEEN THE PERFECT FIT ALL SEASON LONG. DON’T FORGET ABOUT OG ANUNOBY. 19 POINTS WITH 13 OF HIS 19. ALAN HAHN AND MONICA McNUTT JOIN US.

AL AND MONICA, YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A MUCH CLOSER GAME THAN WE ALL ANTICIPATED? THE FIRST THING I WILL SAY IS THEY’RE LETTING US SHARE A CAMERA. JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, WE WERE FIVE OR SIX FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER BEFORE WHEN WE WERE DOING

THIS. BUT IT IS A LOT MORE FUN TO DO IT THIS WAY. IT IS LOT MORE FUN AFTER A WIN AS WELL. THE THING YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING AND HOW JUST LIKE LAST NIGHT THE THREE-POINT SHOT IN THE FIRST HALF WASN’T THERE, BUT

IT WAS THERE IN THE SECOND HALF AND IT STARTED OFF AS WE DID LAST NIGHT. OG ANUNOBY HIT A COUPLE. DIVINCENZO GOT HOT. AND THE KNICKS OFFENSE STARTED TO CLICK WITH JALEN BRUNSON. ABSOLUTELY. GO TO 52% IN THE SECOND HALF FOR A COMBINED 38% ON THE FLNIGHT, %

FROM THE NIGHT. THIS TEAM’S ABILITY TO STICK WITH IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU CAN’T SAY ENOUGH, WALLY. THE 20 POINTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR JALEN BRUNSON, TRULY STABILIZING EVERYTHING. YEAH, NO QUESTION HE WAS OUTSTANDING. OH, BOY, IS IT IMPORTANT TO CLOSE GAMES LIKE HE’S BEEN DOING.

IT WAS SO FUN TO WATCH, GUYS. I JUST LOVE WHAT ALL THE OTHER GUYS ALSO DID. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THIS STARTING LINEUP CLICKING SO WELL AT EVERY POSITION. I MEAN, THE FIT IS PERFECT. THE BENCH, OBVIOUSLY, GUYS, OBVIOUSLY AND GIRLS, WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

THAT’S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE AT TIMES. BUT THAT STARTING LINEUP, THE WAY THEY START GAMES, THE WAY THEY CLOSE GAMES HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. IT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT JALEN BRUNSON IS TO THIS NEW YORK KNICKS TEAM. JULIUS RANDLE EVEN SAID IT. HE’S LIKE, WE NEED OUR POINT

GUARD OUT THERE TO FIGURE THINGS OUT AND TO GET US ALL ORGANIZED. IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE HIM OUT THERE DOING WHAT HE DOES. THE MVP CHANTS RAINING DOWN. THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. I ALSO NOTICED IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE QUIET IN THE BUILDING. MAYBE THE CROWD WAS A LITTLE

TIRED AS WELL. BUT THERE WAS A PLAY WITH JALEN BRUNSON DURING THAT RUN WHERE HE TAKES IT TO THE BASKET, MONICA. HE CAN’T GUARD ME, UH-HUH. HE HAD SOME WORDS. I GUESS YOU SAW THE WORDS HE HAD TO SAY. BUT REALLY GOT INTO IT WITH THE CROWD TO GET THEM PUMPED UP.

YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY ASKED HARTENSTEIN ABOUT THAT ON THE RADIO POST GAME. YOU KNOW, REST, DISADVANTAGE, THIS TEAM PLAYING ON A BACK-TO-BACK AND THE WIZARDS NOT HAVING PLAYED SINCE MONDAY. HE’S LIKE, LOOK, WE CAN’T MAKE EXCUSES. WE HAVE TO BE SHARPER BECAUSE, Y’ALL, THE TURNOVERS AND THE POINTS OFF TURNOVERS, WE WANT TO

LEAVE THAT BEHIND US. WHILE YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND BILL AS WELL, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS, THOUGH, OFF THE WIN. IT IS SOMETHING THAT DANTE DIVINCENZO SAID WITH ME. YOU LIKE TO LEARN WITH A WIN. SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LEARN WITH THIS WIN IS THAT THE KNICKS

BENCH HAS TO GIVE YOU MORE BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEING THE STARTERS HAVE TO LOG A LOT OF MINUTES IN THE SECOND GAME OF A BACK-TO-BACK BECAUSE THE PRODUCTION WASN’T THERE. 0 FOR 9 FROM THREE. QUENTIN GRIMES STRUGGLED SHOOTING THE BASKETBALL. THAT’S SOMETHING THEY WILL HAVE

TO FIGURE OUT AS THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT ROTATIONS BUT ALSO IN A COUPLE WEEKS IT IS A TRADE DEADLINE. IF IT IS NOT WORKING HERE, YOU HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO BOLSTER THE BENCH. IN TOTAL, THE BENCH ONLY

SCORED 7 POINTS. SO IT IS A GOOD THING YOU HAD THE GREAT GAME WITH BRUNSON. HARTENSTEIN AND OG ANUNOBY, ALAN AND MONICA, 19 POINTS. AS I MENTIONED WITH WALLY, 13 OF THOSE IN THE THIRD QUARTER. OG WAS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC. HE HAD A COUPLE OF SPOTS DEFENSIVELY TONIGHT WHERE KUZMA

GOT THE BETTER OF HIM, BUT THAT’S ACTUALLY OKAY BECAUSE THE GAME IS A GAME OF RUNS. HE DID A GREAT JOB OF CREATING PENETRATION LANES AND ATTACKING THIS DEFENSE WHEN THE KNICKS WERE STAGNANT. AND, OF COURSE, WHEN HE GETS OUT IN TRANSITION OR KNOCKS DOWN THOSE CORNER THREES, YOU COULD

HEAR THE ENERGY HERE AROUND THOSE SHOTS. YEAH. HE GOT IT GOING. IT WAS THE SAME EXACT THING THAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE. WHERE IN THE THIRD QUARTER YOU KNOCKED OUT A COUPLE THREES. YOU LOOK AT THE BOX SCORE AND YOU’RE LIKE, OH, WOW. BIG CLUTCH FREE THROWS AT THE END.

THE 7 REBOUNDS. HE GETS IT UP TWO BLOCKS AS WELL. ONE EARLY IN THE GAME. SO HIS FINGERPRINTS STILL ALL OVER THIS. BUT THE IMPACT IS CERTAINLY THERE. BUT NOW THE NEXT GAME IS AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM THE RAPTORS. THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING REUNION GAME, WALLY, WITH RJ

BARRETT AND IMMANUEL QUICKLEY COMING BACK HERE AND OG ANUNOBY FACING HIS HOLD TEAM THERE AS WELL. YES. THAT IS A BIG GAME. THE KNICKS TEAMMATES REALLY WANT TO STEP UP FOR OG ANUNOBY, DEFEND HOME COURT. YOU WANT TO GET THAT WIN AGAINST YOUR HOME TEAM. OBVIOUSLY, COMING BACK INTO THIS

BUILDING IT WILL BE VERY EMOTIONAL FOR THOSE GUYS. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS MATCHUP. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT. SOME ODD STUFF CAN HAPPEN IN A GAME LIKE THAT. BUT OG ANUNOBY IS A BIG PART OF THIS TEAM. TOM THIBODEAU CANNOT TAKE HIM OFF THE FLOOR.

HE PLAYED 43 MINUTES TONIGHT. NEEDS HIM OUT THERE TO GUARD

Jalen Brunson had 41 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in the 113-109 win over the Washington Wizards. Julius Randle added 21 points in the win as well. The Knicks host the Raptors next for the first time since the trade that saw RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley go to Toronto.

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