A Night Of Knicks Career-Highs In 8th Straight WIn | New York Knicks

A Night Of Knicks Career-Highs In 8th Straight WIn | New York Knicks

THE KNICKS POSTGAME SHOW. DONTE DiVINCENZO, CAREER HIGH NINE MADE THREES, 33 POINTS. AND THE KNICKS HAVE WON EIGHT IN A ROW, BEAT UTAH 118-103. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US FROM DELTA MSG STUDIOS. BILL PIDTO WITH WALLY SZCZERBIAK, WE’LL TALK TO JOSH HART IN A COUPLE OF MOMENTS AND

ALAN HAHN WILL JOIN US AS WELL. JANUARY ENDS, KNICKS 14-2, TYING FRANCHISE RECORD FOR SECOND MOST WINS IN A MONTH. WON TWO STRAIGHT WITHOUT JULIUS RANDLE AND OG ANUNOBY, AND THEY DOMINATED THE JAZZ TONIGHT. REALLY IMPRESSIVE EFFORT, ESPECIALLY BY DONTE DiVINCENZO. HE CAME OUT.

KNICKS OFF TO A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOW START ON A BACK-TO-BACK. UTAH BUILT A LITTLE BIT OF A LEAD THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF THE GAME, AND THEN YOU COULD SEE HIM MAKE A FEW SHOTS, AND SHOWED EMOTION, AND THE GARDEN CROWD GOT FIRED UP.

YOU HAVE TO LEAN ON THE CROWD AT HOME BACK-TO-BACKS. THEY’RE DEFENDING HOME COURT, BECOMING A TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY AND GET A WIN. THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL EFFORT BY DONTE AND COMPANY. IN CHARLOTTE, 44 POINTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER, BEST OF THE YEAR.

CLOSE AGAIN TONIGHT. AT ONE POINT, A 30-6 RUN TO BLOW THE GAME WIDE OPEN. THAT’S WHAT GREAT TEAMS DO, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AT HALFTIME, AND COME OUT OF THE HALFTIME LOCKER ROOM AND STEP ON THE OTHER TEAM’S THROAT. THAT’S WHAT THE KNICKS DID. BALL MOVEMENT WAS OUTSTANDING.

THEY SAW THINGS THEY COULD DO TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS OFFENSIVELY TO CREATE EASY BASKETS. AND THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN JALEN BRUNSON, JOSH HART AND DONTE DiVINCENZO. THEY PLAY SO HARD, EFFORT IS MAX ON EVERY SINGLE POSSESSION. THEN WHEN YOU PUT THEM ON THE FLOOR TOGETHER, IT’S JUST SUCH

SMART BASKETBALL, ONLY FOUR TURNOVERS AS A TEAM. EXCUSE ME, FIVE TURNOVERS, PRECIOUS ACHIUWA FITTING IN PERFECTLY, TRADE FROM THE RAPTORS. HE’S EMBRACED PLAYING AT THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ARENA. AND I LOVE WATCHING THAT JUMP SHOT. FROM ONE JUMP SHOOTER TO ANOTHER, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, THAT STROKE. DiVINCENZO 33, BRUNSON 29,

HARTENSTEIN, 14 AND 12, ACHIUWA 18 AND JOSH HART WITH A TRIPLE-DOUBLE. NOW JOINED BY JOSH HART, THANKS FOR STOPPING BY. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST CAREER TRIPLE-DOUBLE. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE IN TWO GAMES TO DO SO WELL WITHOUT JULIUS RANDLE AND OG ANUNOBY?

OBVIOUSLY TE HAS BEEN PLAYING AMAZING, GIVE HIM AND JB CREDIT. WE’RE DOING LITTLE THINGS, OUTREBOUNDING, HOPEFULLY QUESTION DID TODAY, AS I SAY THAT. DOING LITTLE THINGS, PLAYING IN THE FLOW OF THE OFFENSE, GETTING STOPS, PLAYING FAST. HOW DO YOU ADJUST YOUR GAME WHEN YOU’RE IN THE STARTING LINEUP?

IT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I GOT TO FIND MY SHOT SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW. JUST TRYING TO BE AGGRESSIVE, BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PLAYMAKER AND DECISION MAKER. THAT’S BIGGEST THING, BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE. UTAH HAS AVERAGED 128 A GAME LAST 12, YOU HOLD THEM WAY BELOW THAT AND YOU DO THAT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT.

HOW DO YOU PLAY GOOD DEFENSE SO CONSISTENTLY? BEING AGGRESSIVE. TE IS A BALL HAWK, OG DIDN’T PLAY TODAY, BUT OBVIOUSLY, DEUCE, GOOD MINUTES OFF THE BENCH AND PRECIOUS PLAYING GREAT. BEEN MAKING THEM HAVE TOUGH SHOTS, FINISHING POSSESSIONS WITH REBOUNDS. AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE PLAY IN

TRANSITION, HAVE FUN AND PLAY THE STYLE WE WANT. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY, CONGRATS, SEE YOU THURSDAY. APPRECIATE IT. KNICKS, 14 WINS, TIED FOR SECOND MOST IN A MONTH IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. 1994 TEAM LOST TO THE ROCKETS IN THE FINALS, AND THE ’69 TEAM IN

NOVEMBER WON THE TITLE IN 1970. THOSE TEAMS THAT HAVE WON 14 IN A ROW HAVE DONE GREAT IN THE POSTSEASON. NOW BRING IN ALAN HAHN FROM THE COURT. YOU CALLED THE GAME ON ESPN RADIO, 98.7 FM. HOW ABOUT DONTE DiVINCENZO? 22 SHOTS LAST NIGHT, HE MATCHES

HIS CAREER HIGH AGAIN TONIGHT. ONE GUY GETTING A LOT MORE SHOTS WITH INJURIES TO OG AND RANDLE. AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. BACKCOURT GAVE YOU 60 POINTS LAST NIGHT, 62 TONIGHT. JUST THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN DiVINCENZO AND BRUNSON IS STARTING TO SHOW. I HEARD YOU TALKING, WALLY, I’M

WITH YOU. THEY’RE SO SMART A TEAM. IT’S BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. IT’S NOT JUST ONE PLAYER DOING IT ALL, IT’S CUTTING, MOVING, HIGH MOTOR. I THOUGHT DiVINCENZO, NEVER MIND THE THREES, HE AND JOSH HART TURNED IT UP DEFENSIVELY IN THE FIRST HALF. PLAYING HIGH MOTOR, HIGH PACE, REALLY GOT IT GOING.

I DON’T KNOW IF YOU SAW IT, BUT COLLIN SEXTON EARLY IN THE GAME GOT IN THE FACE OF JALEN BRUNSON, PLAYING HIM PHYSICAL, STARTED JAWING WITH HIM. FIRST COUPLE OF MOMENTS OF THE GAME. NEXT POSSESSION DONTE SHUT HIM UP, DRILLED A THREE IN HIS FACE, TURNED TO THE BENCH AND HAD

SOMETHING TO SAY. THAT POINT FORWARD, IF THE KNICKS NEEDED TO BE WOKEN UP IN SECOND GAME OF A BACK-TO-BACK, THAT WOKE THEM UP. VILLANOVA GUYS PLAY HARD. GAVE HIM A CHEAP SHOT UNDERNEATH THE BASKET UNDER THE UTAH BASKET. COLLIN SEXTON, HIT HIM, BACK

DOWN THE OTHER END, BRUNSON WAS JABBING AT SEXTON AND DONTE DiVINCENZO JUMPED IN. HOW ABOUT THE DEFENSE, BE HONEST, WERE YOU HOPING THEY WOULD BE UNDER 100? YES. PUTTING ALL THE NUMBERS OUT THERE, SINGING MY SONG. THAT’S ONE I WANTED. BECAUSE THEY CAME INTO THE GAME FOR THE MONTH AT 99.9 HOLDING

OPPONENTS PER GAME IN A LEAGUE EVERYBODY IS SCORING 120, 150. BUT IT’S STILL REMARKABLE. THAT’S ONE NUMBER, 14 WINS IS A BIG NUMBER. HOW ABOUT AT HOME, THE START OF A HOME STAND, SO USED TO SAYING ROAD TRIP, THE START OF A SIX-GAME HOME STAND. 14 OF 18 ARE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL

BUILDING. THEY WERE 9-1 IN JANUARY. TIES A FRANCHISE RECORD FOR WINS AT HOME IN A MONTH. ALSO SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE DOING, AND ESTABLISHING AT THE GARDEN, 17-5. IT’S REMARKABLE, NO MATTER WHO TOM THIBODEAU PUTS OUT, GETTING PRODUCTION. PRECIOUS ACHIUWA, 18 POINTS, SECOND GAME AS A STARTER, HE’S

PUT TOGETHER A RUN. HASN’T MATETERED OFF THE BENCH R STARTING. DID YOU HAVE ON THE BINGO CARD PRECIOUS ACHIUWA WOULD MAKE UP FOR JULIUS RANDLE OFFENSE, HE DID TONIGHT. JOKED WITH HIM, INTERVIEWED HIM END OF THE GAME, SAID WE KEEP CALLING IT THE OG ANUNOBY TRADE,

SHOULD WE CALL IT THE PRECIOUS ACHIUWA TRADE AS WELL? HE LAUGHED, SO NO, OG IS MY GUY, STILL THE OG TRADE. BUT HE’S CONTRIBUTING, IT’S WHAT HE KNOWS HE CAN DO. HE SAID IT’S GETTING CONFIDENCE FROM MY TEAMMATES ON HOW I CAN CONTRIBUTE. JUST LIKE DONTE DiVINCENZO WITH

MORE FGAs, PRECIOUS ACHIUWA GETTING MORE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN THE OFFENSE. AND HE’S NOT HESITATING. YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT, THERE’S CONFIDENCE, I CAN DO IT IF YOU GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY. HE GOT IT TONIGHT. ANOTHER THING YOU LOVE WITH PRECIOUS ACHIUWA, EMBRACING

PLAYING IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK KID COMES TO THE GARDEN, I THINK HE’S RELISHING THIS OPPORTUNITY, GETTING TRADED TO THE NEW YORK KNICKS, ABLE TO PLAY IN FRONT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THIS BUILDING. I’M SURE HE HAS A HISTORY WATCHING GAMES HERE AS HE WAS GROWING UP.

BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR HIM, HE’S RELISHING THE MOMENT AND DOING A GREAT JOB. GREAT TO SEE. IT IS. AND GREAT TO SEE ALL THE PLAYERS READY TO PLAY. DEEP TO YOUR BENCH, WHEN YOU HAVE TO, SEE ONE AFTER THE OTHER COMING IN — JERICHO SIMS HAD

GOOD MINUTES AGAIN. BIG FRONT LINE THAT THE JAZZ HAD, YET THE KNICKS OUTREBOUNDED THEM, OUTWORKED THEM IN THE PAINT, PUT UP A TON OF POINTS IN THE PAINT. ALL BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, WALL, YOU MENTIONED THE DEFENSE, IT ALWAYS PREDICATED ON THEM RAMPING UP DEFENSIVELY, AND

TURNED INTO A LOT OF OFFENSE GOING THE OTHER WAY.

Donte DiVincenzo would score a career-high 9 3-Pts and Josh Hart would have the first triple-double of his career in a 118-103 win over the Utah Jazz. The Knicks record of 14-2 in January ties a franchise record for 2nd best record in a month. The Knicks were able to get the win with Julius Randle and OG Anunoby out for the second game in a row.

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A Night Of Knicks Career-Highs In 8th Straight WIn | New York Knicks