Knicks Overcome Shorthanded Lineup For 7th Straight Win | New York Knicks

Knicks Overcome Shorthanded Lineup For 7th Straight Win | New York Knicks

♪ THE KNICK POSTGAME SHOW PRESENTED BY TRISTATE AUDI. NO OG ANUNOBY, NO JULIUS RANDLE, NO MATTER. JALEN BRUNSON, 32 POINTS, HE’S NOW HAD AT LEAST 30 IN SEVEN OF HIS LAST EIGHT GAMES. DONTE DiVINCENZO GOES FOR 28. HERE’S WHAT THE CROWD SAID. IT WAS A ROAD GAME, HARD TO TELL.

KNICKS WIN IT 113-92. THEY’VE WON SEVEN IN A ROW AND 13 OF THE LAST 15. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WHAT AMAZING SUPPORT ON THE ROAD FOR THE KNICKS THERE. BROOKLYN, YOU GOT A LOT OF THAT IN BRIOOKLYN, WASHINGTON, ATLANTA, ORLANDO, YOU DEFINITELY GET A LOT OF SUPPORT WHEN THE

KNICKS ARE ROLLING AND PLAYING AS WELL AS THEY’RE PLAYING. TONIGHT, THAT 14-0 RUN THAT PUT THIS GAME AWAY, IT FELT LIKE A HOME GAME. MSG SOUTH IS WHAT THEY’RE CALLING A LOT OF THESE ARENAS THESE DAYS. SO THE NIGHT BEGAN. WE KNEW JULIUS RANDLE WAS GOING

TO BE OUT. WE DIDN’T KNOW OG ANUNOBY WAS GOING TO BE OUT, BUT HE HAS A SORE RIGHT ELBOW, GOT IT IRRITATED IN WARMUPS AND DIDN’T PLAY. KNICKS WERE ABLE TO HANG IN IN THE FIRST HALF, THEY’RE UP BY THREE, AND OUTSCORED CHARLOTTE IN THE THIRD QUARTER 44-24.

THAT’S THE KNICKS BEST QUARTER OF THE ENTIRE SEASON. FOR THE KNICKS, YOU WERE WAITING FOR WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO BREAK THIS THING OPEN BECAUSE IT WAS A STRUGGLE EARLY ON, ESPECIALLY FROM THREE-POINT RANGE, AND BOTH TEAMS DID STRUGGLE EARLY ON. BP CHANTS FROM A ROAD CROWD.

YOU KNOW AT ANY MOMENT THIS THING IS GOING TO BREAK OPEN, AND BRUNSON WAS ALL OVER IT. ALSO WITH ASSISTS AND PLAYMAKING. AS I SAID, YOU LOOK HOW HARD HE GOES TO THE BASKET, AND HE JUST DRIVES AND FINISHES, AND OF COURSE FINISHING ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN WHO DID NOT PLAY A

LOT IN THIS GAME, ONLY 16 MINUTES, BUT STILL PRODUCTIVE WITH TEN POINTS. FELT LIKE A MATTER OF TIME. IT WAS 46-43 AT THE HALF, AND YOU WONDERED, THIS CHARLOTTE TEAM THAT HAD BEEN STRUGGLING, HAD DO THE KNICKS PUT THE PEDAL TO THE MEDAL AND BLOW IT OUT. THAT THIRD QUARTER, YOU HAD

BRUNSON WITH 15, DiVINCENZO SCORED 12. DiVINCENZO, A CAREER HIGH 22 POINTS IN THAT QUARTER. 81% AS THEY BLEW THE GAME WIDE OPEN. WE NOW BRING IN WALLEY FROM CHARLOTTE WHO HELPED CALL THE GAME TONIGHT ON ESPN RADIO. GREAT TO SEE YOU. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE GAME TONIGHT? OUTSTANDING.

DO YOU EVEN HAVE TO ASK ME THAT? THAT WAS A FUN ONE TO WATCH. JUST A DISPLAY OF A TEAM GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, A FRANCHISE THAT’S ALL ABOUT WINNING, GUYS STEPPING UP, MAKING PLAYS, AND JALEN BRUNSON, THIS GUY IS SO GOOD. HE WAS ABUSING THAT HORNETS DEFENSE, HAD THEM PUTTING THEIR

HEADS DOWN, DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THAT THIRD PERIOD. THAT WAS A BIG-TIME CHARACTER WIN, AND A GREAT JOB BY A TEAM THROWN A COUPLE OF CURVEBALLS WITHOUT A COUPLE OF STARTERS IN THEIR LINEUPS. EASY ON MY GUY. THAT THIRD QUARTER, THOUGH, WAS CERTAINLY SPECIAL.

JALEN BRUNSON IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF IT, NO SURPRISE. HOW ABOUT THE MVP CHANTS HE WAS HEARING ON THE ROAD THERE IN CHARLOTTE? WHAT WAS THAT ATMOSPHERE LIKE? THERE YOU GO AGAIN, MR. NEGATIVE BRINGING UP THE FIRST HALF. THEY NEEDED TO ADJUST. WHAT DO THEY DO? WHAT GREAT TEAMS DO IN THAT

THIRD PERIOD. YOU COME OUT, STEP ON A TEAM THAT’S REALLY STRUGGLING. BUT OVERALL, THE CROWD WAS OUTSTANDING. AT HALF TIME, I WAS GOING TO THE RES RESTROOM, AND THERE ARE KNICK FANS IN KNICK GEAR ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THIS ARENA. IT FELT LIKE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SOUTH.

WHEN THEY HEAR IS CROWD CHANTING MVP, THAT’S TOUGH TO DEAL WITH WHEN YOU’RE ON YOUR HOME FLOOR. YOU GOT JOSH HART STARTING BECAUSE OF THE INJURIES, AND PRECIOUS IS STARRING TO PLAY WELL. HIS FIRST START THIS YEAR AS A KNICK, AND HE GOES FOR NINE AND FIVE.

ALSO THE DEFENSE. THAT’S THE BIG THING I LOVE WITH ACHIUWA. HE’S SUCH A VERSATILE BIG MAN THAT HE CAN GUARD MULTIPLE POSITIONS. HE DOES A GREAT JOB MOVING HIS FEET, AND THAT’S WHAT TOM THIBODEAU LOVES. I GIVE THE FRONT OFFICE A LOT OF CREDIT BECAUSE THEY BRING THE RIGHT PERSONNEL IN THAT TOM

THIBODEAU KNOWS HOW TO COACH AND PLAY TO THEIR STRENGTHS. PRECIOUS ACHIUWA HAS FOUND A HOME HERE WHERE HIS ABILITIES AND STRENGTHS ARE GOING TO BE MAXIMIZED TO THE FULLEST. HE DID A GOOD JOB NOT JUST GOING CRAZY WITH NUMBERS OR ANYTHING, BUT BEING SOLID. THAT’S WHAT TOM LOVES.

HE LOVES HIS GUYS TO PLAY THEIR ROLE, DO THEIR JOB EVERY NIGHT, AND THAT’S WHY THIS TEAM IS BLOWING TEAMS OFF THE FLOOR. THE BACK COURT COMBINED FOR 60 POINTS. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU SAID, I CAN’T REMEMBER IF YOU SAID THAT THAT ARENA, IS IT A GOOD SHOOTING GYM OR NOT?

BECAUSE DiVINCENZO CERTAINLY THINKS IT’S A GOOD SHOOTING GYM. ANOTHER BIG NIGHT THERE. SEVEN THREES, PREVIOUSLY HIS CAREER HIGH. IT’S A GREAT SHOOTING GYM, DARK SEATS, DARK BACKGROUND, YOU REALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT BASKET, HIGHLIGHT THE RIM. WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING AGAINST A TEAM LIKE THE HORNETS WHO ARE STRUGGLING DEFENSIVELY AND GOING

TO GIVE YOU OPEN LOOKS, IT’S A GOOD SIGN THAT DiVINCENZO IS TAKING 22 SHOTS. I SAW HIM AT THE BEGINNING AND I SAID, HEY, YOU READY? YOU’RE GOING TO GET MORE LOOKS AT THE BASKET, AND HE SAID, DON’T WORRY, I’LL BE READY, AND HE SURE DID. HE GOT 22, HIS CAREER HIGH.

I LOVE WHEN SHOOTERS SHOOT. HE ALSO SHOWED MORE TO HIS GAME. HE WAS PUTTING THE BALL ON THE FLOOR, GETTING TO THE BASKET, RUNNING PICK AND ROLL, MAKING PLAYS FOR HIS TEAMMATES. I OBSERVED HOW SMART THE NEW YORK TEAM WAS IN JUST MAKING THE

RIGHT PLAY, GETTING GOOD SHOTS EVERY TIME DOWN THE FLOOR. THAT’S WHAT THIS COACHING STAFF PREACHES, AND THAT’S WHAT THE PLAYERS ARE DOING. ALL ABOUT THE FGAs. KNEW YOU WOULD GO THERE WITH THAT ONE. IT’S THE FIRST GAME NOW OF A BACK-TO-BACK. THEY’RE PLAYING IT AT THE GARDEN, SO BACK-TO-BACK FOR UTAH

AS WELL. WHEN YOU CONSIDER AN EIGHT-MAN ROTATION NOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT TO FINISH OUT THE MONTH? KNICKS CAN GET THE WIN. THE FANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP UP AND BRING THEM ENERGY, BUT I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THIS TEAM WAS GOING TO OPERATE

WITH NO RANDLE OR ANUNOBY. AND IT WAS NO PROBLEM BECAUSE OF JALEN BRUNSON. TEAMS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP THIS GUY. HE’S PLAYING AT A TOP FIVE LEVEL IN THE NBA RIGHT NOW WITH THE WAY HE’S PUTTING THIS TEAM ON HIS SHOULDERS, SCORING THE BASKETBALL, AND ALSO WITH THE

WAY AS A POINT GUARD HE BREAKS DOWN THE DEFENSE SO EASILY. EVERY TIME DOWN THE FLOOR, HE MAKES THE RIGHT PLAY, GETS BY HIS DEFENDER WHENEVER HE WANTS, GETS IN THE PAINT, DISHES OFF TO HARTENSTEIN, FINDS HIS SHOOTERS IN THE CORNERS AND ON THE WINGS.

KNICKS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, I THINK, WEATHER THESE INJURIES THEY’RE DEALING WITH WITH HIM ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. HAVE A GREAT TRIP HOME. YOU GOT IT. CAN’T WAIT TO GET HOME TO NYC. KNICKS HOST UTAH TOMORROW NIGHT. KNICKS HAVE HELD THE OPPOSITION

UNDER 100 POINTS 14 TIMES. THAT LEADS THE NBA. THEY HAVE THE BEST DEFENSE IN THE NBA SINCE THE TRADE FOR OG ANUNOBY. HE DIDN’T PLAY TONIGHT, AND THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO PLAY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE. IT’S ALMOST AS IF THEY UNLOCKED SOMETHING AND FIGURED OUT THE

ROLES EVERYONE NEEDED TO PLAY. WE KNOW CHARLOTTE, THIS IS A STRUGGLING TEAM, BUT TO STILL HOLD THEM UNDER 100 POINTS IS SIGNIFICANT. IT’S AN NBA TEAM. THIS TEAM IS AVERAGING OVER 100, 110 ACTUALLY, SO THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT THING. FOR THE MONTH, HOLDING TEAMS BY AVERAGE UNDER 100 POINTS. IN TODAY’S NBA WHERE WE’RE

SEEING 150, PLAYERS GO FOR 60 AND 70, IT’S REMARKABLE HOW WELL THIS DEFENSE IS PLAYING RIGHT NOW. WORTH ALSO MENTIONING, DEUCE McBRIDE HAD 11 POINTS OFF THE BENCH, THREE OF SIX FROM DOWNTOWN.

The Knicks started against The Hornets without Julius Randle and OG Anunoby but thanks to Jalen Brunson’s 32 points and Donte DiVincenzo’s 28 points the Knicks completed their 7th straight win. In the month of January The Knicks are now 13-2 and on average have held their opponents to under 100 points. New York looks to keep the winning streak alive in The Garden tomorrow night against The Jazz.

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