Knicks Defeat 76ers To Get Back In The Win Column After All-Star Break | New York Knicks

Knicks Defeat 76ers To Get Back In The Win Column After All-Star Break | New York Knicks

THE FINAL COUNT TONIGHT, 110-96. CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY MADISON SQUARE GARDEN NETWORKS HELLO AND WELCOME INTO THE DELTA STUDIOS, BILL PIDTO WITH YOU. STILL NO JULIUS RANDLE OR OG ANUNOBY. AND THE KNICKS ARE STILL VERY MUCH SHORTHANDED, BUT THEY DOMINATED PHILLY IN THE FIRST

HALF AND HELD THEM OFF IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO DOMINATE THEM. THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM TONIGHT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT JALEN BRUNSON FRESH OFF OF THE ALL-STAR APPEARANCE. HE DID NOT SHOOT WELL, BUT HE DID FINISH WITH 21 POINTS, AND 5 OF 18 FROM THE FLOOR. JOSH HART DOING WHAT HE DOES

BEST IN THE TRANSITION GAME, AND PRECIOUS ACHIUWA, AND MIKE AND WALLY TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE GAME, THIS IS A GUY WHO HAS NOT GOTTEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, BUT THE KNICKS WITH THE MINUTES, HE IS REALLY PRODUCING. HART COAST-TO-COAST, AND THE STORY IN THE SECOND QUARTER WAS BOJAN BOGDANOVIC.

HE FINISHED IN THE GAME, 6 OF 6 FROM DOWNTOWN, AND 22 POINT, AND 19 IN THE FIRST HALF, AND AFTER THIS THREE, THE KNICKS WERE UP 67-41. 26-POINT LEAD, AND THE THIRD QUARTER THOUGH, IT GOT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. BRUNSON TO ACHIUWA. THEN BRUNSON IN AND-ONE, AND HE

HAD SEVEN TURNOVERS TO TIE A SEASON HIGH, AND 12 ASSIST, AND 21 POINTS, AND DRAWS THE FOUL. TYRESE MAXEY FOR PHILLY WAS HUGE WITH 35 POINT, AND AT THIS POINT, IT WAS 84-74, AND KELLY OUBRE ON THE BREAK, AND JUST LIKE THAT, PHILLY WITHIN SIX.

THEY SCORED ONLY TEN POINTS IN THE FINAL 8:52. ACHIUWA HERE PLAYING THE FIVE AS TOM THIBODEAU WENT SMALL DOWN THE STRETCH, AND IT PAID OFF, AND DIVINCENZO WHO HAD 16. IT WAS DIVINCENZO, McBRIDE, HART, BRUNSON AND ACHIUWA, AND THIS IS THE FIVE THAT OPENED IT UP AFTER PHILLY GOT CLOSE.

McBRIDE ICING IT, AND THE KNICKS WIN IT 110-96. LOOKING AT THE STATS, AND THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING WAS KEY FOR THE KNICKS IN THE FIRST HALF, 15 OF 34 FROM DOWNTOWN AND PHILLY IS 10 OF 29, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FREE THROWS ARE AN ADVANTAGE FOR

THE KNICK, AND REBOUNDING ADVANTAGE FOR THE KNICK, AND THE POINTS IN THE PAINT, BECAUSE THE KNICKS WENT SMALL, THEY WERE 54 FOR THE SIXERS AND 40 FOR THE KNICKS. ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN, AND BY THE WAY, WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE ACHILLES, BUT WE KNEW THAT COME INTO THE GAME, IT WAS NOT A

MINUTES RESTRICTION, BUT A MINUTES RESTRICTION IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH HE WOULD PLAY IN A SEQUENCE, AND TURNED OUT TO PLAY 11 MINUTES TONIGHT, AND DIDN’T PLAY IN THE FINAL 19 MINUTES OF THE GAME, AND SO HARTENSTEIN HARDLY PLAYS, AND TOM THIBODEAU

SMALL, AND THE KNICKS ARE ABLE TO HANG ON THE NIGHT AND PHILADELPHIA GOT CLOSE, AND YET THE KNICKS ARE ABLE TO WIN 110-96. MONICA McNUTT CALLED THE GAME ON THE ESPN RADIO TONIGHT ON 98.7, AND INTERESTING ADJUSTMENTS SHORTHANDED, AND THE COACH WENT SMALL AND WON THE GAME.

NOW, PIDTO, I WAS ABOUT TO GET ON YOU FOCUSING ON THE WRONG THINGS. YOU HAVE 37 POINTS FROM THE BENCH, AND THREE GUYS WITH DOUBLE-DOUBLES. JALEN WITH THE ASSISTS AND SCORING AND JOSH AND PRECIOUS WITH THE REBOUNDS AND SCORING. SO, TO ME, EVERY TIME THE SIXERS

WENT ON THE RUN, AND THE MOMENTUM OF THE BUILDING WAS ABOUT TO TIP TO THEIR FAVOR, IT IS HUGE, AND SHOWS GROWTH AND THE POISE AND THE MATURITY OF THE TEAM TO KEEP THE SIXERS AT BAY. I MENTIONED BOGDANOVIC IN THE FIRST HALF KEY TO THE KNICKS GETTING OUT TO THAT 26-POINT

LEAD, AND HE HAD AN INCREDIBLE THIRD QUARTER, AND AGAIN, 6 OF 6 FROM DOWNTOWN. AND 5 OF 5 FROM THE SECOND WAS IMPRESSIVE, BUT PIDTO, WE COULD BREAK IT UP INTO CHUNKS WITH EACH GUY HOLDING THE LINE. AND IT IS A SHOOTER’S DREAM TO

GO 5 OF 5 FROM THE ARC IN THE COURSE OF A QUARTER, AND FINISH 6 OF 6 IN THE BALL GAME, BUT A STRETCH WHERE I THOUGHT THAT PRECIOUS ACHIUWA HAD A FEW, EXCUE ME, CONSECUTIVE PLAYS TO HELP THE KNICKS TO HOLD ON THE LEAD, AND THEN DIVINCENZO JUMPED

IN, AND QUIETLY KNOCKED DOWN THE SHOTS, AND THEN JALEN BRUNSON KNOCKED DOWN 11 FREE THROWS IN A GAME WHERE IT DID NOT FEEL THAT MANY TRIPS TO THE FREE-THROW LINE AT ALL. AND DIVINCENZO JUMPED IN TO KNOCK DOWN THE SHOTS, AND QUIETLY, IT WAS JALEN BRUNSON WHO KNOCKED DOWN 11 FREE THROWS

IN WHICH QUITE FRANKLY, IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE A LOT OF FREE THROWS AT ALL. MONICA, DEUCE McBRIDE, AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS WON’T SHOW UP ON THE BOX SCORE, BUT HE CONTRIBUTED DEFENSIVELY. YES, HE DOES NOT SHOW UP IN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS, BUT THERE WERE TIMES WHEN HE MET TYRESE

MAXEY IN THE CORNER, AND THEN DOUBLES IN THE CORNER, AND JALEN ENDS UP TO A STEAL AND RUN-OUT ON THE OTHER END. BUT DEUCE’S GROWTH AND UNDERSTANDING THE MOMENTS AND THE RIGHT PLAYS, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED FROM THE GUYS IN THE DEPTH TO CONTRIBUTE, AND MAKING RIGHT PLAYS AND NOT

NECESSARILY PRESSING OR SCORING, BUT UNDERSTANDING THE URGENCY, AND NICK NURSE USED THAT WORD AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, AND THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS QUICKNESS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN TYRESE MAXEY WHO STILL MANAGED TO SCORE 35. AND JOSH HART, MONICA, 44 MINUTES AND PLAYED MOST OF ANY

KNICK, AND 18 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS? WELL, I AM DISAPPOINTED WITH THE JUST PLUS 13, AND WE ARE USED TO SEEING THE CRAZY PLUS/MY US IN NUMBERS FOR JOSH, BUT THE DOUBLE-DOUBLE, AND I LOVED THE CONFIDENCE THAT HE WAS SHOOTING

WITH, AND KNOCKING DOWN TWO 3s IN THE CONTEST AND GOING 7 OF 13 FROM THE FIELD OVERALL, AND HE HAS TO MAINTAIN THAT TYPE OF CONFIDENCE TO EAT UP THE SPACE AND KEEP THE DEFENSES HONEST WHEN THEY THROW THE DOUBLES TOWARDS JALEN BRUNSON. I KNOW, MONICA, REPETITIVE HERE, BUT PRECIOUS ACHIUWA IN

TORONTO NEVER GOT CONSISTENT RUN, AND MIKE AND WALLY POINTED OUT IN THE GAME, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN A GUY GETS THE EXTENDED OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE THE INJURIES, ACHIUWA IS GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY, AND HE IS PLAYING CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT BASKETBALL, AND NOT ONLY

SCORING, BUT ALSO ON THE BOARDS. I THINK THAT, EXCUSE ME, WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING PRECIOUS, HIS GAME IS SIMPLE, BUT EFFECTIVE, RIGHT. THERE WERE PLENTY OF TIMES TONIGHT HE SET GREAT SCREENS AND SLIP AND I LOVED THAT BACKDOOR TO DONTE, AND THE CHEF’S KISS THERE, AND THEN COMES DOWN TO

EARN A TRIP TO THE FREE T-THROW LINE WHEN DONTE MISSED THE SHOT, AND SO HE IS MOVING TOWARDS THE ACTION AND TO ME, THE MINUTES HE HAS GOTTEN, AND PIDTO, YOU AND I WOULD LOVE THE TEAM TO BE WHOLE AND HAVE THE ORIGINAL STARTING FIFE INTACT, BUT THEY DON’T.

THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIOUS TO HAVE SOME TIME TO SHOW WHAT HE CAN DO IN A NEW YORK KNICKS’ UNIFORM, I AM A BIG FAN, AND THE ENERGY HE PLAYS WITH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FLOOR, AND HE IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT THE KNICKS CAN DO AT THIS

POINT IN THE SEASON. MONICA, THANK YOU, AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON. YEAH, YOU GET SOME COUGH DROPS, AND YOU TALK ABOUT ME SOUNDING CRAZY, YOU ARE SOUNDING CRAZY. THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT. I BELIEVE IT. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM, AND NOT ME,

With the Knicks still being affected by injuries it was Bojan Bogdanovic, Josh Hart, and Precious Achiuwa who stepped up to secure the win in Philadelphia. The Knicks return to The Garden on Saturday to take on the Celtics.

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Knicks Defeat 76ers To Get Back In The Win Column After All-Star Break | New York Knicks