“Nikola Jokic OWNS Jalen Brunson” – ESPN is “angry” Knicks were blown away by Nuggets 113-100

“Nikola Jokic OWNS Jalen Brunson” – ESPN is “angry” Knicks were blown away by Nuggets 113-100

Trip ends up 3 and one Orlando won tonight highlights coming up on the MSG 150 that means the Knicks are now fifth overall in the East and they got within two in the fourth quarter bench really helping the cause but yic then came in the game back into the game and down

9088 with 8/19 to go Denver dominated the final8 minutes this is why they are a championship Contender they’re a defending Champion they have all their players the Knicks don’t their starting five dominated the Knicks starting five what they had tonight but the Knicks put

Up a fight in the final game of the road trip no question about it but the stats does stand out to you besides y just triple double of course is the fact that the Knicks had their lowest rebounding total of the season they only had 10 at

The half they finished with 31 they were they are the one of the best if not the best offensive rebounding team in the league they only had four season low four offensive rebounds so no Second Chance points Denver dominated the glass nine re nine offensive rebounds turned

It into 17 Second Chance points so even when they’re both offenses were efficient they were just getting scoring in all different ways and then they were getting it done in the painted area 66 points in the paint the Nix since the All-Star break had the number one paint

Defense in the league holding teams to just 42 points per game in the paint and Denver just obliterated that with 66 and so there’s your difference right there is they dominated in the paint they dominated on the boards all the physical stats of this game they dominated and it

Just shows you one team had their full team and the other team missing some pieces no it’s interesting you look at the rebounding numbers and the points in the paint that’s even though Isaiah hartstein had a career high 20 points yes he played very well against joic and

Yet the Knicks were still dominated down yeah hardenstein had a career night from him scoring wise and and you saw him this whole trip taking on other bigs and battling them including Deon sabonis another triple double King in this league and he played him physical and that’s what he has been doing it’s

Showing you that while he was dealing with the Achilles issue earlier in the season he’s starting to come back around again see those are all the good signs you take from this stuff Tom tippet always says when are you learn what did we learn tonight we’re learning Isaiah

Hartenstein is really rounding back into form and what we saw in the middle of the Season where he became a real promising starting center also with the news that the previous starting center Mitchell Robinson cleared for contact and has been practicing with the team that’s big news as well Nicks bench

Outscored Denver’s bench 30-13 and it was the bench that got the Knicks back into the game I mentioned they were within two with 8/19 to go but then the rest of the way Allan as we take a look Denver outs scores a Knicks in the final

8/19 by the count of 23 yeah yeah bu on bonov only shot he made but that was a big three and suddenly it’s a two-point game but you see you know Jamal Murray gets back in the game yic gets back in the game Jamal Murray was determined

When he got back in the game to not let this be a game they gave away you see him laying down there he gave everything he had took a couple of hits this game wasn’t a very physical game not a lot of fouls called it here’s the shot you’re

Talking about look at this I mean who throws the ball up in the air and has that soft of a touch when have you ever seen a ball just bounce on a rim so softly like he does uncanny then of course the passing one of his great

Traits one of his many great traits and that gets an open three and then you know kind of the showtime was on now for the nuggets as they kind of could feel it as they were looking to get that home win locked up and they did three-point

Shooting was not an issue tonight for the Knicks in fact it was better for them hitting the 11 if you see the boards it was 2110 at the half by the way that’s is that because Denver shot so well in the first half both teams shot very well but they also Knicks was

Smaller and it was notable Monica mcnut made that point at the very start of the game how much smaller the Knicks looked on the floor remember the Knicks went with mcde in the starting five and not aoua because mcde was so good the other night against Golden State so the Knicks

Are going small against the Denver team yeah that’s got a lot of size 64 Josh Hart at the four you know keep that in mind against 6869 Aaron Gordon and even Michael Porter Jr on the wing is 68 a bigger player than Dante D venzo the Knicks was smaller they were going to

Try to play this game the way they played it in Golden State they were able to get wins on this trip with different strategies defensively that lineup looked good and it worked really well it just wasn’t going to be enough but even still it’s not like the Knicks were

Embarrassed or run off the floor in this game fourth game of a four-game road trip to the West against the defending champs you are underman and the Knicks were in this game in the fourth quarter it says a lot about the resilience and the toughness of this team it was simply

Some shots that fell short and the Nuggets knew that they had to win this game you know they’re trying to do they’re 13- two now since the All-Star break they’re trying to get the number one seed in the west they’re trying to get back to repeating his Champs so this

Game mattered to them and as I mentioned yic the whole game you could see determination but Jamal Murray came back in the game in the fourth quarter when the Nicks bench cut it to two and he also took it up a notch physically and emotionally and with his intensity and

It shows you and Michael Malone said it before the game too they remember what happened the Knicks beat them by 38 here at the Garden and so he said well they got our attention well the Knicks kept their attention this whole game because it took 48 minutes for them to win I

Know joic is on the other side on the opposition but he boy he’s a joy to watch yeah he he just such an economy of motion yes and it just seems like every time the ball is around the rim off of his hands it ends up going in it bounces

It goes in it rolls around it goes ining watch yeah his touch it really is it’s he just has that soft touch but look I mean a pass like that where he’s not even looking but he just feels the G game so well he knows where his

Teammates are and he can make plays like that and then if you want to get physical he can do that too there you’re talking about the touch where he just whips it up at the basket and it just rolls in there’s the passing ability again where he’s not even looking but

The pass goes right into the shooter’s pocket which is incredible offensive rebounding if you’re a young kid and you’re a big kid and you’re supposed to be a rebounder look what he does here he never brings the ball down so you can’t block it and he gets rid of it quickly

So you can’t react to it it’s such a special skill and easy you’re said than done and of course there’s this type of stuff which you can’t teach that you can’t practice that you either have it or you don’t and you like I give up like

What am I supposed to do he just threw it up in the air and it went in but you think that’s a lucky shot it’s not he has that kind of touch it’s what makes him special in today’s NBA they’re all about playing faster right speed Pace

Athleticism all the things that are hard to keep up with he slows you down he plays at his Pace he makes you slow down and you think you got him because he’s not moving he’s not going anywhere but he has that footwork ability very similar to Jaylen Brunson and he also

Has that ability to hold you off physically and his body control for a guy of his size and stature is remarkable he should win MVP again this year his third time in four years and you mentioned Jaylen Brunson in defeat tonight 26 points so you total it up

Allen in the four-game road trip for him he averages 36.8 points per game over the last four he had a phenomenal trip he played great he also was a guy that we saw in the second half shots were falling short he showed a lot of frustration in his

Shooting early on he was excellent getting where he wanted to setting the tone offensively taking hits again not getting to the free throw line it’s just a thing that goes on that’s why it was funny when Gary Payton said that you know you can’t touch Brunson sure you

Can he never gets a lot of these Ticky Tac calls but he also knows where to go on the floor and just like joic for a guy who’s a foot smaller he’s also also a Marvel to watch because of his footwork ability and his also just touch

And feel for the game getting to his spots it was in the second half where you could see the fatigue sitting in with him he fell short on a couple of shots missed a three or two he could have easily gotten to 30 in this game

But you know you just saw it kick in late and you saw him a couple of times get mad at himself because the ball just off his fingertips fell a little short it can happen it happened tonight but he’s still if you want to call this a mediocre game for him 26-9

That tells you why he’s an all NBA player all right Brunson by the way also tonight had nine assists six assists in the first half ties is career high for any half finished the game with nine we’re waiting the postgame comments from Nicks coach Tom Tibido and Just a huff and a puff First Blood you have been defeated enemy double Kill fore your tower has been destroyed deated an enemy has def an ally has been defeated foree spee spee For defeated our base is under attack and enemy has deated En an ally has been defeated enemy double kill enemy triple kill our base is under Attack speee speech speech spee speee Fore Oh For speech First Blood an enemy has been defeated an ally has been defeated for For you have been defeated an enemy has been defeated an enemy has been Defeated Where for an enemy has been defeated you have defeated an enemy Dron stri you have been defeated now with you deated double Kill to

“Nikola Jokic OWNS Jalen Brunson” – ESPN is “angry” Knicks were blown away by Nuggets 113-100