🗣️ Perk: TENACITY led the Jalen Brunson-less Knicks past Cavaliers | NBA Countdown

🗣️ Perk: TENACITY led the Jalen Brunson-less Knicks past Cavaliers | NBA Countdown

New York Knicks they get the win 10798 perk you said that this was a must-win game for the Cleveland Cavaliers but what did you learn about the Knicks particularly down Jaylen Brunson in this one well we already knew about them their culture their grit their tenacity the mentality right it’s

Next man up when it comes down to Tom Tibido and the one thing that you can’t replace is hard and I’m not talking about Josh hard I’m talking about the one that’s inside your chest trip yeah but but he baled out but the thing is the Knicks just keep competing and it’s

It comes from the leadership and that’s of your coach and the leadership of your franchise guy Bob Malik think about this no Julius rle right no OG anobi correct no jayen Brunson and they going to Cleveland and get the win yeah and that that that can’t happen if you’re

Cleveland it can’t I know you didn’t have Donovan Mitchell but Brunson goes down he played one minute right that that means he didn’t play McBride comes in and plays Tibido checked him in and never checked him out 47 minutes are you surprised which which is classic Tibido

Uh and he delivered but you’re right perk there is there is an identity we talk about identity and people that are watching say what’s an identity you find out your culture the Knicks have built an identity of toughness and it does come from tibo and it comes from that

Guy walking off right there because Jaylen Brunson he he he embodies that identity as well and so for the Knicks to go in there and beat Cleveland in Cleveland and Cleveland right now occupying the two seed it’s a it’s a nice win and it’s a it’s going to feel

Good the problem is for Nicks fans now is I mean come on who do we have left it’s a good win tonight right how can you weather the how are we going to this is ridicul these injuries are crazy for the Knicks but you know the beautiful

Thing about Tom Tibido is that it’s never the name on the back of the Jersey but it’s always the name on the front of the jersey and when you have that mindset it don’t matter who he it’s like he like you said McBride he never took

Him out the game you know why because he didn’t give him a reason to right tibs gave him an opportunity to start gave him whatever gave him one minute he earned three minutes and then those three minutes turned to nine minutes and then all of a sudden we looking up and

He basically played the entire game well it also became a necessity because they only had three players available on their bench I mean look at the Knicks they basically were missing every starter right I mean in the game you think about it no Brunson no Rand no Mitchell Robinson no OG anobi that’s

Four starter and they find a way on the road against a good team and again Mitch missing Donovan Mitchell but still the Cavs this is an opportunity for the Cavs to send a message too and they just they they didn’t do it the distance though between the the Cleveland Cavaliers or

Anyone who creeps into that two spot and the Boston Celtics it it’s [Applause] enormous NBA on me is

Kendrick Perkins and Bob Myers join Malika Andrews on NBA Countdown to react to the New York Knicks’ 107-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers where Jalen Brunson went down with an apparent knee injury in the first minute of the game.

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