Brunson Leaves Game In Opening Minute, Hart Triple-Double Leads Knicks To Victory | New York Knicks

Brunson Leaves Game In Opening Minute, Hart Triple-Double Leads Knicks To Victory | New York Knicks

THE KNICKS POST GAME PRESENTED BY AUDI. VISIT YOUR AUDI DEALER TODAY. THE KNICKS HOLDING ON TO A 3-POINT LEAD. JOSH HART AND THE SIDE-STEP THREE. RIGHT IN THE FACES OF THE CLEAVE BENCH. THE KNICKS NEED A DAGGER PLAY. WHO’S IT GOING TO BE? DiVENCENZO FINDS DEUCE McBRIDE.

HE KNOCKS DOWN THE CORNER THREE. THAT WAS IT FOR THE KNICKS AS THEY WRAPPED UP WHAT WAS A HUGE AND HARD-WORKING AND INSPIRING ROAD WIN IN CLEVELAND. 107-98. HELLO, EVERYBODY. WELCOME INTO THE DELTA MSG STUDIOS. ALAN AND WALLY AND MONICA JOINS US MOMENTARILY. WALLY, THE KNICKS 47 SECONDS

INTO THE GAME THEY LOSE JALEN BRUNSON ON WHAT’S CALLED A SORE LEFT KNEE. IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY CORNER OF THE KNICKS ROSTER, SOMEONE STEPPED UP BIG. HEROIC EFFORT ALL AROUND. THE DOMINATION ON THE BOARDS, 37-49. THIS IS A BIG CLEVELAND TEAM. THIS IS HOW THE KNICKS BEAT CLEVELAND IN THE PLAYOFFS LAST

YEAR. THEY JUST OUTMANNED THEM, OUTWORKED THEM AND PLAYED HARDER. THEY WERE OUTSTANDING. I GIVE DEUCE McBRIDE SO MUCH CREDIT. HE WAS CALLED INTO ACTION AND HE WAS READY TO GO. 16 BIG POINTS. HIT THE BIG SHOT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO SEAL THE GAME. DONTE DiVENCENZO, JOSH HART OUTSTANDING.

DONTE DiVENCENZO 28 POINTS, CARRYING THE OFFENSE AT TIMES. KEY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BOGDANOVIC WITH 20 POINTS AND ALSO ALEC BURKS WITH 8 POINTS IN 11 MINUTES. THOSE POINTS ARE BIG, ESPECIALLY WITH NO JALEN BRUNSON, JULIUS RANDLE, OG ANUNOBY AND MITCHELL ROBINSON IN THE LINEUP.

THOSE GUYS WERE ON THE TRIP, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF THE STORY TONIGHT. THIS GAME WAS ALL ABOUT DIFFERENT HEROS AT DIFFERENT MOMENTS. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IT WAS ABOUT MAKING BIG SHOTS. IT WAS OUTSTANDING. THIS TEAM ABSOLUTELY FIND A WAY. DOWN 2 GOING INTO THE THIRD QUARTER.

THIS IS THIRD QUARTER. TO START THE THIRD, THEY GOT GOING. DONTE DiVENCENZO HAD 16 POINTS IN THAT THIRD QUARTER. HE WAS JUST LIGHTING IT UP. PRECIOUS ACHIUWA 10 POINTS IN THE FIRST SIX MINUTES OF THE THIRD QUARTER. THE BALL MOVEMENT WAS OUTSTANDING. IT WAS ALL ABOUT MAKING EACH OTHER BETTER, RUNNING GOOD UN

UNSELFISH OFFENSE. BOGDANOVIC, 20 POINTS OFF THE BENCH THAT WERE HUGE. JOSH HART JUST TAKES IT RIGHT DOWN BROADWAY. FINISHES WITH THE COAST TO COAST LAY-UP. HE PLAYED WITH SUCH AMAZING HEART. THIS WAS AN OUTSTANDING WIN FOR THE KNICKS. 46 MINUTES HE PLAYED. IS THERE A BROADWAY IN CLEVELAND?

I’M NOT SURE. LOOK AT THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING FROM BOTH TEAMS. 16 THREES FOR THE KNICKS AND THE REBOUNDING BIG FOR THE KNICKS AS WELL. THEY’VE WERE GIVING UP A LOT OF SIZE ON THE FRONTLINE, BUT STILL GOT ON THE BOARDS. LET’S GO TO CLEVELAND AND BRING

IN MONICA McNUTT ON THE CALL ON THE MSG RADIO NETWORK. MONICA, AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE GAME ENDED, WE SHOULD BEGIN WITH HOW IT STARTED. 47 SECONDS INTO THE GAME JALEN BRUNSON LIMPING OFF THE COURT. NOTHING ANY KNICKS FAN WANTED TO SEE.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT SITUATION? I HAVE TO GIVE A TIP OF THE CAP TO MY RADIO PARTNER TONIGHT WHO GOT US THROUGH THAT SCENARIO. I WAS CLUTCHING MY PEARLS. I WAS IN SHOCK. JOHN GOT US THROUGH THAT. DON’T WANT TO SPECULATE. WE ASKED DONTE DiVENCENZO ABOUT HOW THAT MOMENT IMPACTED THE

TEAM IN THE FIRST QUARTER. HE SAID TO US, THAT’S OUR GUY. WE’RE CONFIDENT HE’S GOING TO GET BACK. IT WAS NEXT MAN UP AND WE HAD TO STEP UP. WE DID THAT. THAT’S ALL I GOT. OF COURSE WE’RE ALL HOPING FOR THE BEST NEWS AS THE TEAM MOVES

FORWARD INTO THE HOME STRETCH COMING UP. AMEN TO THAT, MONICA. HOPEFULLY JALEN’S OKAY. WHAT DID YOU SEE AS FAR AS THE KNICKS DOMINATING THE PAINT? YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PAINT IN THE PREGAME. DOMINATING THE BOARDS AGAINST THAT BIG CLEVELAND TEAM. J.B. BICKERSTAFF SAID PREGAME THIS TEAM IS SUSCEPTIBLE WHEN

THEY HAVE TO ROTATE FOR PENETRATION. ALL THE TIMES WHERE WE SAY DONTE, DEUCE, EVEN JOSH KEEP THEIR DRIBBLE ALIVE AND GET TO THE BASELINE PENETRATION AND SPREAD THE BALL TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THE BIGS HAD TO REACT. THAT WAS EFFECTIVE TONIGHT. THREE-POINT SHOTS WERE QUALITY

LOOKS LATE IN THE BALL GAME. THEY SHOT THE BALL WITH CONFIDENCE. THAT AND I LIKED BOGDANOVIC TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS SIZE WITH HIS MATCHUP. UNTIL HE HIT THAT THREE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, HE WAS EATEN OFF HIS MIDRANGE GAME. Y’ALL, 19 REBOUNDS FOR JOSH. COME ON NOW. IT DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN

THAT. I WAS GOING THERE NEXT, JOSH HART IN THE PREVIOUS GAME AGAINST GOLDEN STATE, PLAYED MO MONICA. ALMOST THE ENTIRE GAME. THIS GAME, GOT A LITTLE LAZY, ONLY 46 MINUTES. THE TRIPLE-DOUBLE AND 19 REBOUNDS AND HIS LAST NAME SAYS IT ALL ABOUT THE TYPE OF PLAYER HE IS, DOESN’T IT? IT WAS.

I WAS TAKEN ABACK AT HOW FOCUSSED J.B. BICKERSTAFF WAS ON JOSH. IF NOT FOR INJURIES, JOSH IS ONE OF YOUR LEAD GUARDS OFF THE BENCH. IN THE STARTING LINEUP HE’S CATCHING OPPONENTS’ EYE. IT’S NOT A SINGLE THING THAT YOU CAN STOP HIM ON OFFENSIVELY, BUT

YOU UNDERSTAND THE ENERGY AND THE WAY HIS ENERGY IMPACTS THE BALL GAME. TONIGHT WAS A TERRIFIC DEMONSTRATION OF THAT. TIP OF THE CAP TO JOSH. WE SHOULD ALL GO MEATLESS FOR A WEEK IN HONOR OF JOSH’S PERFORMANCE. I’M WITH YOU ON THAT, MONICA. WHAT ABOUT DEUCE McBRIDE, THE WAY HE PLAYED OUTSTANDING

BASKETBALL. PRESSED RIGHT INTO ACTION IN THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF THE GAME. WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM HIM BEING READY AND ABSOLUTELY ORCHESTRATING AND RUNNING AND CONTROLLING THE TEAM? POISE. AS MUCH AS WE’LL TALK ABOUT HIS 16 POINTS, HIS DEFENSE ON DARIUS GARLAND, ALTHOUGH DARIUS GOT LOOSE THERE, BUT HE DOGGED

DARIUS GARLAND. I BELIEVE IT WAS A MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR HIM TO SCORE VERSUS DARIUS. THE TWO OF THEM HAVE SIMILAR BUILDS. HE SHOWED A LEVEL OF POISE AS A THIRD-YEAR GUY THAT YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. DONTE DiVENCENZO SAID IT, WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN THE ROTATION CONSISTENTLY IN TERMS OF

MINUTES, IT TAKES THE UTMOST PREPARATION AND PROFESSIONALISM TO BE PREPARED. I LOVED WALLY TALKING ABOUT THE HEROS. “AND A HERO COMES ALONG,” I PULLED UP THE LYRICS TO THAT SONG. IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR TONIGHT’S GAME. NOW THAT SONG IS IN MY HEAD. MONICA, A FUN GAME TO CALL.

GET HOME SAFE. SEE YOU TUESDAY. THANKS, GUYS. WALLY, AS MONICA — MY MOM TEXTED THERE’S A BROADWAY IN CLEVELAND, BROADWAY AVENUE. THERE YOU GO. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE GAMES, 21 GAMES TO GO — WE’LL FIND OUT ABOUT JALEN BRUNSON AFTER TONIGHT. YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS, YOU

GET THE WIN. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? PHILLY WON TODAY. ORLANDO’S WINNING. THEY’RE PROBABLY GOING TO WIN AS WELL. YOU LOSE TONIGHT YOU DROP DOWN OUT OF FOURTH. THIS WIN KEEPS YOU IN THE TOP FOUR. THESE ARE CRITICAL WINS RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE. YOU KNOW, THE KNICKS STEPPED UP

BIG TIME. OBVIOUSLY NO DONOVAN MITCHELL. WE SAID THAT IN THE PREGAME. THAT’S A HUGE LOSS FOR THE CAVALIERS. THEY’RE NOT AS SCARY OF A TEAM. HE’S A SUPERSTAR TYPE PLAYER. NOT HAVING HIM IN THE LINEUP WAS A BREAK. THE KNICKS ALSO HAD AN INJURY TO JALEN BRUNSON THAT HAPPENED 30 SECONDS IN.

NO ALL STAR IN JULIUS RANDLE AND ALSO MISSING THEIR ENTIRE FRONTLINE. THERE ARE NO EXCUSES IN THE NBA. YOU GO OUT THERE AND DO WHATEVER IT TAKE TOSS TO GET THE WIN. THE KNICKS PRODUCED. I WAS SURPRISED HOW THE KNICKS DOMINATED THE INTERIOR AND DOMINATED MOBLEY AND JARRETT

Jalen Brunson would leave the game just seconds into the game due to a sore knee but it was Josh Hart with this 3rd triple-double of the season who would lead a strong team road victory. Miles McBride scored 16 points and Donte DiVincenzo would have 28 points in the 107-98 win.

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Brunson Leaves Game In Opening Minute, Hart Triple-Double Leads Knicks To Victory | New York Knicks