Grizzlies Make Late Game Push But Knicks Hold On For Bounceback Win | New York Knicks

Grizzlies Make Late Game Push But Knicks Hold On For Bounceback Win | New York Knicks

DELTA MSG STUDIOS FROM THE GARDEN. ALAN HAHN WILL JOIN US IN A COUPLE OF MOMENTS. A WIN IS A WIN. AS TOM THIBODEAU ALSO SAYS, NO LEAD IS SAFE. THAT IS REMARKERABLE THAT IT WAS A 26-POINT LEAD WITH 9:00 TO GO AND LOOK UP WITH TWO MINUTES TO

GO AND THE LEAD IS DOWN TO FOUR BUT THE KNICKS PREVAIL. THE THREE-POINTER IS THE ULTIMATE EQUALIZER IN THE GAME. IF THEY GET HOT FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE NO LEAD IS SAFE. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE UP BY 20 WITH FIVE MINUTES TO GO IN THE FOURTH QUARTER HE PUTS THE

STARTERS BACK IN THE GAME. HE KNOWS HOW VOLATILE THE LEAD CAN BE WITH THE WAY THAT THE TEAMS CAN SHOOT THE THREE-POINT SHOT AND GET THEMSELVES BACK INTO THE GAME. HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT A SHOT BY DONTE DIVINCENZO. THE KNICKS HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEM.

THE KNICKS TEAM, THEY DIDN’T MESS UP IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. DONTE DIVINCENZO DID IT. DOWN THE STRETCH THEY GOT A COUPLE OF STOPS. THEY CAME AWAY WITH A VICTORY THEY REALLY NEED. THEY ARE CONTINUING TO PLAY GREAT BASKETBALL. 16-3 IN THEIR LAST 19 GAMES.

THAT IS HOW YOU GET IT DONE. MEMPHIS HAD A LOST SEASON DECIMATED BY INJURIES. JERICHO SIMS OUT, UNDER THE WEATHER. HOPEFULLY THE ANKLE TO JALEN BRUNSON WON’T KEEP HIM OUT LONG. THE KNICKS PLAY THURSDAY AGAINST DALLAS AND SATURDAY AGAINST THE PACERS. WHAT A GREAT START FOR THE KNICKS.

THEY GO 8 OF 15. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD BE A WIRE-TO-WIRE BLOWOUT. THAT IS WHY COACHES USE THE CLICHE YOU HAVE TO PLAY FOR 48 MINUTES. THE YOUNG MEMPHIS TEAM FOUGHT UNTIL THE END AND I GIVE JENKINS A LOT OF CREDIT. HE IS A GREAT COACH.

THE KNICKS PLAYED GREAT. THEY WERE SHARING THE BALL. PRECIOUS ACHIUWA WAS OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVELY. REALLY SCORED THE BASKETBALL WELL. EVERYONE THAT CAME IN THE GAME, BENCH INCLUDED KNOCKED DOWN SHOTS. DEUCE McBRIDE WAS GREAT. KNICKS HAVE SIX GUYS IN DOUBLE FIGURES. SCORING WASN’T THE ISSUE. THE MEMPHIS TEAM OBVIOUSLY FOUND

THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THE KNICKS HAVE TO SHOW THE RESISTANCE DEFENSIVELY FOR THE FULL 48 MINUTES. HARTENSTEIN HAD 17 TYING HIS SEASON-HIGH, BRUNSON THE 27 AND McBRIDE WITH 12. KNICKS ABLE TO HOLD OFF MEMPHIS BY TEN. ALAN, HOW IS THE ROLLER COASTER ON THE RADIO CALL TONIGHT? TICK, TICK, TICK.

IT WAS. BUT WHAT WALLY SAID AT THE OPEN WAS WHAT I WAS HINTING AT IN THE THIRD QUARTER. YOU COULD FEEL IT. THE KNICKS DID EVERYTHING YOU WOULD EXPECT A TEAM LIKE THE KNICKS WOULD DO. ON YOUR HOME FLOOR AGAINST A DEPLETED TEAM LIKE THE

GRIZZLIES. TAKE IT AT THEM AND GET INTO THE PAINT AND SCORE AT WILL. THAT THIRD QUARTER, THE THINGS STARTED TO TURN. THE KNICKS DEFENSE WASN’T AS SHARP AS IT NORMALLY WAS. YOU STARTED TO SEE A COUPLE OF THREES GOING DOWN. TWO IN FRONT OF THE GRIZZLIES’

BENCH THAT WERE OPEN LOOKS AND ONE WAS BY KENNARD. IT WAS THE FACT THAT WHEN THEY HAPPENED. YOU ARE UP BY 20. TOM THIBODEAU SAID WHAT ARE WE DOING. DON’T LET THE OTHER TEAM GET ANY CONFIDENCE IN THEIR THREE-POINT SHOOTING. I KEPT MENTIONING THAT. THE LEAD.

HOW MUCH TIME WAS LEFT IN THE GAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANTED TO SAVE THE MINUTES AND SAVE DONTE DIVINCENZO AND JALEN BRUNSON FROM HAVING TO PLAY ANOTHER 30 PLUS, 40 MINUTES. DIVINCENZO ENDED UP HAVING TO PLAY 40 MINUTES IN THE GAME. YOU COULDN’T GET THE REST THAT YOU NEEDED TO.

AND WALLY, YOU NAILED IT. WHEN EVERYBODY WONDERS WHY YOU LEAVE PLAYERS IN THE GAME, BECAUSE THE THREE-POINT SHOT IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER IN THE GAME. ALL THE OTHER TEAM NEEDS TO DO IS GET HOT AND THEN YOU HAVE A GAME. WHERE DO YOU THINK THE KNICKS GO FROM HERE?

HOPEFULLY JALEN BRUNSON, IT IS NOT A SERIOUS INJURY. HE IS BEATEN DOWN AND WORN DOWN AND PLAYING BIG MINUTES. WHERE DO THEY GO FROM HERE IF THEY DO NOT HAVE JALEN BRUNSON? AFRAID TO ASK. THURSDAY IS THE TRADE DEADLINE IT. DOES FEEL LIKE THERE MIGHT BE

PRESSURE FOR THURSDAY. ALREADY I THINK THE GOAL WAS TO TRY TO GET SOME HELP FOR JALEN BRUNSON OFF OF THE BENCH SO YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER BALL HANDLER. ONE THING THE OG ANUNOBY TRADE. IT DID BRING YOU OG AND PRECIOUS ACHIUWA WHO HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING PLAYERS HERE. YOU TRADED AWAY IMMANUEL

QUICKLEY AND DIDN’T REPLACE HIM. THAT IS A BALL HANDLER THAT YOU CAN PUT OUT ON THE FLOOR AND TAKES MINUTES SO BRUNSON CAN STAY ON THE BENCH. YOU SEE BRUNSON GOES TO THE BENCH AND THE SOCHBS NOT THERE AND YOU HAVE TO GET HIM BACK IN

THE GAME. 45 OF 48 MINUTES AGAINST THE LAKERS ON SATURDAY. I THINK THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO FIND GUARD HELP OFF OF THE BENCH BY THE TRADE DEADLINE. THURSDAY NIGHT, THE NEXT GAME THE DEADLINE WILL HAVE PASSED AND WE WILL SEE IF THE KNICKS ADDRESSED THE ISSUE.

DONTE DIVINCENZO HAS BEEN A GREAT ACQUISITION. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE TRADE DEADLINE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. HE WAS A FREE AGENT ACQUISITION. DIVINCENZO, FIVE STRAIGHT GAMES WITH AT LEAST 20. HE WAS KEY TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY DOWN THE STRETCH WHEN THE KNICKS HAD THE LEAD CUT TO FOUR AND HIT

THE HUGE THREE. THE THREE OUT OF THE TIME-OUT WAS FANTASTIC. HE SHOT THE THREE WITH CONFIDENCE. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO TAKE AS MANY TONIGHT. THE RIM WAS OPEN. THE PAINT WAS OPEN. DIVINCENZO IS SHOWING US A LOT ABOUT HIS GAME, ISN’T HE. A LOT OF THE TIME WHEN YOU GET A

PLAYER THAT YOU ASK WHAT HE DOES. HE SHOOTS THREES. HE SHOOTS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF THREES. YOU ASK WHAT ELSE DOES HE DO. THE MORE OPPORTUNITY HE HAS GOTTEN HE MOVES INTO THE STARTING LINEUP. HE IS SMART, A SPACER, A PLAYMAKER. HE UNDERSTANDS HOW TO PLAY OFF

OF JALEN BRUNSON. NOW JULIUS RANDLE GOES OUT. HE PROVIDES THE OFFENSE. GETS YOU 20 POINTS PER GAME. LET’S NOT FORGET ABOUT HIS DEFENSE AS WELL. SETTING THE TONE DEFENSIVELY. THERE IS A LOT TO THE GAME STARTING TO BLOSSOM HERE WITH THE KNICKS. WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM HIM? HE CAN DO IT.

Donte DiVincenzo had 32 points in his 5th consecutive game with 20 or more points and helped lead the Knicks to a victory over the Grizzlies. The Knicks had control for the entire game but Memphis was able to make a major push to get within 4 but could never overcome the deficit. The Knicks take on the Mavericks in The Garden on Thursday night.

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