He’s the KING of NY – Stephen A. “hails” Brunson dazzles with 45 Pts helps Knicks beat Trail Blazers

He’s the KING of NY – Stephen A. “hails” Brunson dazzles with 45 Pts helps Knicks beat Trail Blazers

On Monica mcnut will join us here in a couple of moments Nicks did what they had to do dominating win you got the sense that you watch it they were never really challenged especially in the second half yeah fourth quarter got to 10 little dicey at that point because

The Knicks went up by 22 points early with minutes ago in the third quarter and then it felt like okay you know start unlacing the shoes but Portland kept playing and they made that a 10-point game so for a second there you got to okay you got to finish this thing

Off and they absolutely did Jaylen Brunson was magnificent once again in the way he played and the way he just took it to those young guards that had their hands full all night trying to defend him he scored and assisted on pretty much 50% of the Nick offense in

This game he was everything for this team in the 39th win of the Season Brunson 17 free throw attempts that’s a season eye he had 45 points no other Nick Allen had more than 12 so it’s a good thing that Brunson did what he did tonight in terms absolutely terms of the

Point become 50% of the team’s offense in a game like this because you’re doing it all and really he also just like the rest of his team struggled from three but he got it done in the painted area and that’s really what stands out to you

Is that he was nine of 10 in the paint and I mean I I think I lost count of how many n ones he had in this game now there’s one of the two threes he hit in this game but it was everything that he

Was doing was in the B around the basket and in the painted area look at this here watch this shot I mean are you kidding me even he was surprised by it but all this work that this man of 6’2 is doing in the area where 7 foot two

Men usually do most of their work nine of 10 18 points in the paint 17 free throw attempts a dominant physically dominant performance something again typically you would see out of a big man this came from smallest guy in the court he touched on the Knicks three-point

Shooting only six of 29 from downtown normally when you see that yep it’s Doom was not the case tonight OG anobi second game back from that elbow injury and we mentioned the pregame all that matters you look at his numbers they’re always really solid but when he suits up this

Year the Knicks are now 14- two yeah I love that stat to me that’s the best stat you could possibly have you can give me the plus minuses and everything else and we might as well check it he ended up being a plus 11 in this game so

Just add that now it’s what is what are we at a 291 plus 291 since he has joined the team but for OG an and Obi it has really more of the same as help defensively is a big part of it the corner three as we know for him is his

Favorite shot and he’s going to get a ton of them in this offense and early on he was trying to be in attack mode and that was good but one thing we started to see was reaching for the elbow watch him here reach in defensively and then

He kind of wines a little bit remember they had the clean out in that elbow and so the concern right there was did he you know aggravates something after post surgery so there’s Anthony goaga working on on it at halftime and he’s shaking his head saying oh I’m staying in this

Game and so the elbow hurts so we can still dunk the basketball though Bill pedo because you used two arms to do that we get the defense is always here and another dunk so OG anobi had himself a good game and his impact for this team

On the floor is felt at both ends the elbow will be something I’m sure the reporters will be asking about after this game the Knicks don’t play again till Saturday night against the Kings they certainly need him in a game like that so you hope that a little bit of

Soreness that he can play through okay I’ll let’s now bring in Monica mcnut he Monica great job on the game tonight with Mike Breen uh what did you think uh obviously you had a great view of all that went down what’s your biggest take away from the victory tonight for the

Knicks I think the consistency of this team and sort of the growth to me it was a very clear J the position of a young team versus a team with some seasoning and experience we talked about it to start the ball game how much scoot Henderson could take away from jayen

Brunson’s ability to shift Pace change gears um and create quality opportunities for both himself and his teammates but I think right now and Jaylen said it to us postgame this team understands that there are things they need to do to get better the defense can get better even though it’s it’s going

Well but they’re learning a lot and they’re winning right now so it feels really good Monica I got to share with you that on the broadcast as Mike Breen challenged you to do some rhyming like Clyde does Bill couldn’t understand how you were able to as you took it to break

Freestyle the way you did it blew his mind he was like how did she do that and I said bill it’s a freestyle she was able to do this so I just want you to know that he was shocked by that performance did you come up with that

Like that or did you have that pre-planned so I think the first OG still I was like all right I’m going to say something about the steals I don’t know uh and then it just kind of carried on I don’t know it just trust me freestyling is not my jam you’re not

Going to catch me in the streets of New York where Hip Hop was born trying to Freestyle no no no that’s all I got he went well that was a great still very good but uh the concern though for anobi in the elbow was certainly notable at

Halftime when he was getting it worked on we saw the ice pack on it but played the second half played through whatever he was doing we saw him WIS a couple of times but I mean would you feel it’s reassuring that he at least stayed in

The game and also had a couple of dunks so that elbow couldn’t have hurt that much definitely reassuring with the capital r um I think beyond that he goes back in the game after the first couple of wines and here’s the thing and Han you know this from injuries and not just

Sports injuries p regular people injuries sometimes you got to work through it right there’s a little bit of scar tissue whatever the the elbow in this case has been a little bit dormant maybe is back to real competition and real action so I think a few wies are

Okay especially since he kept coming back into the game and we see it throughout the league in fact when we were in Cleveland Cleveland has special seats that include heaters and massage guys go to the bench and put heat or ice in some cases but usually heat on their

Various limbs just to stay warm and prepared well we need to get those heat and if we can get seats like that in the Green Room to watch these games that would be fantastic they were really fancy if I can go back to Jaylen Brunson with you Monica because what I what I

Said when we were doing the role is I lost count of how many n ones he had in this game you know we talk a lot about his footwork we talk a lot about his ability to shoot the three how much better he’s gotten at that right his

Leadership and all the other things I don’t know if we talk enough about and you said it early in the broadcast his strength how strong he is to finish over bigger players they try to play him physically and he finished a lot in this game getting to the free throw line 17

Attempts the it’s not just the strength I think it’s the core strength in particular and seriously we had a conversation one time CU I’m a Pilates girl jaylen’s a yoga guy and I think the interdisciplinary training of this generation of athlet although you heard Mike Breen say on the broadcast that

Clyde is one of the first yoga guys is so important there are so many nuances to the game of basketball whether you talk about this team communicating on defense and who’s calling out the switches or the various actions or how they’re going to guard it or offensively

Being able to make the slightest shift as we see Jaylen does whether it’s a shift in direction or a change in the speed with which he’s operating that allows him to get to the rim him being one of the best paint scorers in the league not just at the guard position is

Only a testament to the combination of all of those things and how much Faith he has in himself and his teammates have in him 18 points N9 of 10 in the paint in this game for Jaylen Brunson so Monica game two of the four-game road trip Saturday at Sacramento pregame at

9:30 game at 10 what do you think about the matchup here a couple of days away from now so the first thing I think of is Sacramento ain’t defending nobody they not really interested in that so that’s a bonus in the case of the Knicks

I do though also go to the fact that Sacramento likes to play fast and tonight when we saw this Trailblazers team start to close that Gap I believe they got it as close as 13 in the second half it was when they started to play

With a little bit more Pace now I do expect frankly a higher level of alertness from this Nick Squad when they get to Sacramento but de’arra Fox is still terrific and Damonte sabonis is in the category with Josh Hart when you start talking about triple doubles so

They have some forces that have to be reckoned with you’re going to see the other Murray twin in Keegan Murray who’s been shooting the three ball a little bit streaky but he is a quality three-point shooter so I think if the Knicks can continue to dictate the pace

Of that one I think they’ll be in good shape all right Monica have a great trip to Sacramento and we’ll talk to you on Saturday night thanks guys so DeAndre at in here for Portland fight went for spee pardon me and my bulging muscles First Blood you have been defeated double

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He’s the KING of NY – Stephen A. “hails” Brunson dazzles with 45 Pts helps Knicks beat Trail Blazers