Knicks Fall To Pelicans In Second Half Of Back-To-Back | New York Knicks

Knicks Fall To Pelicans In Second Half Of Back-To-Back | New York Knicks

♪ WELCOME TO THE TRI-STATE AUDI KNICKS POST GAME SHOW ON ANOTHER NIGHT WHERE THE STORY LINE WAS THE SIDELINES AS THE BASELINE OR THE FOUL LINE OR IN THAT CASE THE THREE POINT LINE FOR DONTE DiVINCENZO. THE KNICKS EMPTIIED THEIR TANK N A BACK-TO-BACK.

TREY MURPHY LED THE WAY, 115-92 THE FINAL ON THE GAR DEN FLOOR. KNICKS GO DOWN TO DEFEAT IN THE SECOND HALF OF A BACK-TO-BACK AS THEY LOSE TO THE PELICANS AND THE KNICKS NOW 35 AND 24 ON THE SEASON. 20 AND 10 AT THE GARDEN.

AS WE WELCOME YOU INSIDE THE STUDIOS FROM THE GARDEN, ALONGSIDE ALAN HAHN I’M JOHN GIANNONE. WALLY SZCZERBIAK JOINS US IN A MOMENT. THEY PLAYED GAMELY IN THE FIRST HALF BUT YOU GOT THE FEELING WHEN THE PELICANS SCORED THE FIRST TEN POINTS OF THE THIRD

QUARTER IT WOULD BE AN UPWARD CLIMB AND IT BECAME MOUNT EVEREST. YES, WHEN YOU WERE MISSING SO MUCH OFFENSE THAT THE KNICKS WERE MISSING, WHO WAS YOUR PLAY MAKER, THE SCORE, THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR THE CONSISTENT GUY AND IT DIDN’T POP UP. FIRST HALF WAS THE RIGHT KIND OF

UGLY. THE PELICANS DIDN’T WANT TO BE IN A DOG FIGHT. FOR THE KNICKS IT’S WHAT YOU WANTED, SCRATCH AND CLAW. THE THIRD QUARTER, THE KNICKS DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY AND THE PELICANS HAD ENOUGH TO KEEP THEM AT BAY. THE KNICKS ONLY TRAILED BY 7

GOING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER BUT 41-25 WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER THAT’S WHERE WE SAW THE TANK EMPTY. IT’S TREY MURPHY III, GOT GOING FROM THE THREE POINT RANGE AND GOT HIS GAME GOING. THE THREE BALL WAS A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME. AND ZION WILLIAMSON STARTED TO

GO IN ATTACK MODE EARLY FOURTH QUARTER THAT WAS THEIR WAY OF ESTABLISHING YOU DON’T HAVE A GUY WHO CAN GUARD HIM THIS IS HOW WE OPEN UP A LEAD. THEY HAD TOO MUCH AND A LOT OF IT WAS THE SHOT MAKING. IT’S HARD TO FAULT ANY EFFORT

FROM THE KNICKS IN THIS GAME. BECAUSE WHAT YOU ALSO SAW, AND THAT’S BEEN PART OF THE CULTURE OF THIS TEAM IS THEY DID NOT GIVE UP. THEY DID NOT LET GO OF THE ROPE. THEY CONTINUED TO FIGHT EVEN WHEN YOU COULD SEE THE PELICANS

HAD TOO MUCH FOR THEM. THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THE KNICKS AWAY AND THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE CULTURE OF THIS TEAM AND THE ONE THING AT LEAST YOU COULD SAY THAT THE KNICKS DID BRING TONIGHT WAS EFFORT. THAT’S THE NUMBER THERE THAT MATTERS. THE 18 THREE POINTERS MADE SHOT

BETTER THAN 50% DID THE PELICANS FROM THE FIELD AND THREE POINT LINE. IT WAS A NIGHT THE BENCH POINTS WERE EVEN BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WASN’T IN A 115-92 WIN OVER THE KNICKS AT THE GARDEN. WELCOMING IN WALLY SZCZERBIAK COURT SIDE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT LITERALLY AND

FIGURATIVELY IT WAS GOING TO BE A TALL ORDER FOR THE KNICKS TONIGHT AND AS THE GAME PLAYED OUT THAT’S WHAT WE SAW. IT WAS A VALIANT EFFORT, THE KNICKS POURED THEIR HEART OUT ON THE FLOOR. IT WAS TOUGH TO CREATE GOOD LOOKS AT THE BASKET. THAT’S WHY JULIUS RANDLE AND

JALEN BRUNSON ARE SO IMPORTANT,JALEN BRUNSON IS AN MVP CAN’T WHEN HE’S ON THE FLOOR IT’S EASIER FOR HIS TEAMMATES. I DIDN’T MIND THE SHOT SELECTION. IT WAS JUST TOUGH TO GET GOOD LOOKS AT THE BASKET. MADE 14 THREES. DONTE DiVINCENZO WHEN HE’S OPEN

HE WAS GOING TO KNOCK THEM DOWN. HE WAS CONTEST ODD A LOT OF THOSE ATTEMPTS. I LOVED WHAT I SAW FROM BOJAN BOGDANOVIC, THOUGHT HE PLAYED HARD OUT THERE, BROUGHT WHAT HE COULD DO ON THE FLOOR, AGGRESSIVE TAKING THE BALL TO THE BASKET, AGGRESSIVE HUNTING HIS SHOTS AND GOT TO 20 POINTS.

HE’S GOING TO KNOCK DOWN MORE AND MORE SHOTS AS HE GETS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE KNICKS OFFENSE. BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE PNS T PELICANS TEAM A LOT OF CREDIT, THEY KNOCKED DOWN 18 THREE POINT, THEY EARNED THIS GAME WITH THE THREE POINT SHOOTING.

YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE KNICKS WERE ABLE TO DO OR NOT ABLE TO DO WITH THE SCORING IN IN THE PAINT. I CAN’T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW THE KNICKS UNDER 30 POINTS IN THE PAINT. 26 POINTS IN THE IN THIS GAME AND CREDIT THE PEN CALS SO MUCH LENGTH.

A LOT OF IT SWITCHABLE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR ANY DRIVES TO THE BASKET. ALMOST FORCING YOU TO HAVE TO LIFT FROM THREE POINT RANGE WEREN’T ABLE DO IT. AND FOLLOWING UP ON BOGDANOVIC, THERE WAS ONE GUY IN THE LINEUP TONIGHT AVERAGED 20 POINTS A GAME IN A FULL SEASON AND THAT

WAS HIM. LOOKING FOR SCORING HE WAS SOMEONE THAT CAN PROVIDE IT. WE SAY YOU WIN OR LEARN. WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM A GAME LIKE THIS? HE HAS THAT IN HIM STILL AND IF THEY CAN GET HIM INTO A HIGHER LEVEL OF CONDITIONING, THAT’S A PLAYER YOU CAN RELY ON OFF THE

BENCH TO GET YOU THAT OFFENSE? THAT WAS A FOUR-PART QUESTION SO I’LL TRY TO ANSWER EVERY PART OF IT. THE FIRST WE START WITH POINTS IN THE PAINT. YOU NEED THE PERSONNEL TO SCORE IN THE PAINT AND THE KNICKS WERE NOT ABLE TO PENETRATE THE DEFENSE OF THE NEW ORLEANS

PELICANS THIS WAS A VERY BIG BASKETBALL TEAM. ZION WILLIAMSON WAS THE TALLEST STARTER, EXCUSE ME THE SHORTEST STARTER AT 6’6″ SO TOUGH FOR THE KNICKS TO GET BUCKETS INSIDE AND THEN GETTING BACK TO BOGDANOVIC. BOGDANOVIC I LOVE WHAT HE BRINGS. HE BRINGS A SCORING MENTALITY.

IN A GAME LIKE THIS, HE LOOKED TO REALLY SCORE THE BASKETBALL. A GUY LIKE ALEC BURKS THAT’S WHAT HE HAS TO DO FOR THE KNICKS TEAM. HE’S STRUGGLING TO SHOOT THE BALL RIGHT NOW SINCE THE TRADE AND THE KNICKS NEED HIS OFFENSE.

BUT BOJAN BOGDANOVIC HE’S GOING TO MAKE A FEW TURNOVERS, FALL ON THE GROUND A FEW TIMES TRYING TO ATTACK THE BASKET AND MAKE PLAYS BUT AT LEAST HE’S PLAYING AGGRESSIVE. IT’S NOT EASY TO BE IN A NEW SYSTEM, LEARNING A NEW SYSTEM ON

THE FLY BUT I LOVE HIS INTENT. HIS INTENT IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. WE KNOW WHAT A GOOD SHOOTER HE IS, WHAT A GOOD OFFENSIVE PLAYER HE IS AND HE’S IN ATTACK MODE AND THAT’S WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO FOR THE NEW YORK KNICKS BASKETBALL TEAM. HOPEFULLY HE CAN STAY HEALTHY,

OVERCOME THE CALF INJURY. AND IF THE PELICANS WOULD HAVE HAD AN OFF NIGHT FROM THE THREE POINT LINE THE KNICKS WOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL IT. WE SAW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TONIGHT WE KNEW WITHOUT B BRUNSON AND ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN AND RANDLE AND ANUNOBY WE KNEW

IT WAS DOWN TO A GUY LIKE JOSH HART, A GUY WHO TOOK A WALLOP FIVE MINUTES INTO THE GAME FROM ZION WILLIAMSON. WITH A BLOODY NOSE OUT OF THE GATE BUT HE KEPT ON GOING. GIVING UP A LOT OF LBs IN THE MATCHUP WITH ZION WILLIAMSON BUT

NOT BACKING UP FROM HIM. I THOUGHT HE HAD A STRONG FIRST HALF TRYING TO EFFECT, LET’S MAKE THIS AN UGLY GAME, MUDDY IT UP AND MAKE THE PELICANS FRUSTRATED AGAINST US. WALLY THIS IS A ONE PART QUESTION BUT I’LL GIVE YOU ALL THE MILLION CHOICE KIDDING. HONESTLY THAT IS PART OF I THINK

WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, RIGHT, AGAIN OFF THE LOSS BUT STILL CULTURE OF THIS TEAM VERY MUCH INTACT AS YOU WATCH GUYS LIKE HART AND HOW HARD THEY PLAY IN A GAME LIKE THIS. ANOTHER 40 MINUTE NIGHT FROM JOSH HART. HE DOES EVERYTHING TO HELP HIS TEAM COMPETE AND BE IN THERE.

I LOVE THE DEFENSIVE EFFORT, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST HALF. THE KNICKS WERE VERY SCRAPPY. THEY WERE JUST GANGING TO THE BALL. AND GETTING DEFLECTIONS. MAKING ZION WILLIAMSON VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. JOSH HART TEEING UP ZION WILLIAMSON, GIVING UP 50 POUNDS, THREE, FOUR INCHES, AT LEAST. AND STICKING HIS NOSE IN THERE

WITH ONE OF THE DOMINANT POST SCORERS IN THE NBA, IT WAS JUST AN VALIANT EFFORT BY THE TEAM. JUST WISH THE PELICANS COULD HAVE MISSED THE SHOTS. TREY MURPHY, SHOOTING 6 FOR 11, MADE HUGE THREES. BACK TO THE START OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, IT WAS A SEVEN POINT GAME.

BOGDANOVIC DRIVES THE LANE, KICKS OUT TO ALEC BURKS, THE THREE GOES IN AND OUT WITHIN GO DOWN TO THE OTHER END OF THE FLOOR, THE THREE BY THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANS AND AND AN ONE A FEW POSSESSIONS LATER, THAT PUSHED THE LEAD TO 13.

THAT’S WHEN YOU COULD SEE THE BODY LANGUAGE OF THE KNICKS SAYING I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS OUR NIGHT IF WE’LL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE DEFICIT. YOU MENTIONED YOU WANTED TO SEE THE PELICANS MISS A FEW MORE AND YOU NEEDED THE KNICKS TO HIT

A FEW MORE. IT WAS DONTE DiVINCENZO WHO PUT UP AS MANY AS HE COULD. YOU TALK ABOUT A GUY WHO NEEDS AN ICE PACK ON THE SHOULDER, 18 HE PUT UP, FOUR SHY OF THE RECORD SET BY JR SMITH WHO ONCE TOOK 22 THREES IN A GAME BUT

STILL THE THREE POINT SHOT FOR DiVINCENZO HAS BECOME A BIG PART OF HIS OFFENSE. YOU DON’T MIND HIM TAKING THE THREES, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE ATTEMPTS HE TOOK? I LOVE THE ATTEMPTS. EVERY TIME HE SHOOTS I THINK IT’S GOING IN. HE HAD TO TAKE SOME CONTESTED

ONES SO DID BOJAN BOGDANOVIC. BUT I WILL LIVE WITH BOTH OF THOSE GUYS RELEASING THE BEAUTIFUL JUMP SHOT WHENEVER THEY FEEL THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RELEASE THE SHOT. THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM OPEN LOOKS BUT THAT’S NOT EASY BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE DEFENSES ARE TRYING TO TAKE THAT AWAY.

DONTE DiVINCENZO HAS PLAYED OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL ON PACE TO BREAK THE FRANCHISE RECORD FOR THREES IN A SEASON IN A NEW YORK KNICKS UNIFORM. HE’S BEEN AN OUTSTANDING ACQUISITION IN THE OFF SEASON. HE GELS PERFECTLY WITH JOSH HART, JALEN BRUNSON AND ALL HIS TEAM TEAMMATES. I LOVE SEEING THE GUY PLAY AND

SHOOTING THE BASKETBALL ON THE FLOOR. A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM AND HE’LL BE MAXIMIZED MORE WHEN THE TEAM IS HEALTHY, WHEN ANUNOBY GETS BACK IN THE LINEUP, AND WHEN BRUNSON IS BACK IN HE BENEFITS FROM THE OPEN LOOKS. BUT HE STILL MADE EIGHT THREES TONIGHT AND THAT’S A CREDIT TO

HOW GREAT OF A SHOOTER HE IS. WALLY, THANKS AS ALWAYS. ALAN WHEN YOU SIZE UP TONIGHT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 27 OR 28 HOURS. HOW NICE IS TOMORROW GOING TO FEEL FOR THE KNICKS TO NOT HAVE TO LOOK AT A BASKETBALL.

NO REST FOR THE WEARY BUT IT TELLS YOU WITH THE CRITICAL CALL LAST NIGHT. HOW BIG THAT WIN IS FOR THE KNICKS BECAUSE OF THE REALITY OF TODAY WITHOUT JALEN BRUNSON AND KNOWING IT WAS A BACK-TO-BACK. GETTING THAT WIN LAST NIGHT, THERE’S THAT GIFT THAT YOU NEEDED.

YOU GOT IT. YOU GET A DAY OFF AND THEN, OF COURSE, HERE WE GO. YOU GOT GOLDEN STATE, CLEVELAND A BIG GAME SUNDAY, THE HITS KEEP ON COMING BECAUSE THE SEASON

The Knicks battled through but it was the Pelicans who were able to pull away late in the second half to put away the Knicks 115-92. The Knicks were coming off win last night against the Pistons that went to the buzzer. The Knicks look to bounce back against the Warriors on Thursday.

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Knicks Fall To Pelicans In Second Half Of Back-To-Back | New York Knicks