Stephen A. reacts Brunson returns 26-Pts to help Knicks snap Magic’s 5-game win streak 98-74 rout

Stephen A. reacts Brunson returns 26-Pts to help Knicks snap Magic’s 5-game win streak 98-74 rout

How about this defense 10 blocks one off a season High the Knicks LED wire to wire the magic had been 13 and3 in the last 16 the Nicks now fourth in the East a much needed win and Brunson is healthy we’re under 20 games it’s winning time

And that’s what the Knicks made a statement tonight to the Orlando Magic who have had their number this season but the Knicks said it stops right here because these are games we’ve got to get no matter who’s in the lineup everybody showed up tonight and the start of this

Game was that statement knocking down threes coming off a game where they couldn’t make one and then that defense the way they got after it defensively against the magic team they let or landro know you want to know what the playoffs feels like this is it Nicks of

Course they’ve been 0 and three against some magic this year Nicks against Atlanta Allen in the last game goes 16 of 52 from downtown tonight they finished the game 16 of 33 but the key was they hit eight of their first nine yeah and they came out firing and they

Came out with a purpose with a lot of these shots you get a little friendly Rim there from the garden rims for Josh Hart but there’s a sight for sure eyes if you’re Knicks fan it’s not only Jaylen Brunson back in the lineup but Jaylen Brunson putting up threes and

Shooting high efficiency as always really didn’t have to do too much in this game the ball movement was great how about Duce McBride too and his ability to knock down the three how good that’s been going for him Dean chenzo knocked down a three as well but that

Was it it was the beginning of this game was threes and defense and maybe a couple of good Garden rolls on these rims but look at the three-point shooting tonight and you see the 16 they made 16 against the Hawks on Tuesday but needed to take 19 fewer to get to this

16 you see Deuce went three for three Duce McBride is now standing by with Allen H thank you Bill all right Duce you saw for the last couple of days you knew who you were playing these next couple of games especially Orlando where they are in the standings where you are in the

Standings it looked like you guys came out with something to prove tonight yeah absolutely um we know we’ve been down in the series uh 03 that they’ve been playing they’ve been out phys uh more physical than us so we just wanted to bring the fight to them and I think we

Did that tonight how do you feel about where your game is right now we’ve been talking about you and and how you’ve been getting consistent minutes sometimes almost playing the entire game and playing a very clean game all the work that you have done really in The Practice Facility when you haven’t been

Playing it’s all seeming to come together right now where are you right now with your game uh I’m in a great place honestly uh you know it was uh you know grind my first two years but you know I stayed faithful to God and just wanted to keep working on my game and

Thanks to the organization for believing in me the coaching staff and my teammates you’re at the time of year now where the games keep on coming coming and they’re all important when you look at the standing so you get this game against Orlando back into fourth place

But the next two games against another Eastern Conference opponent in the Philadelphia 76ers is this the best time of year to be playing yeah absolutely um you know this why we play uh compete at the highest level um it’s great game great competition and and you know we

Just want to keep fighting Deuces loose Bill back to you all right so here’s your game summary Nicks win at 9874 uh look at points in the paint the magic average over 50 points in the paint in this game they went only for 26 well the Knicks had 36 you see the rest

Of the numbers and again this is the best offensive performance by any team in the league this year and the Nick’s best offensive performance since 2012 Wally zerck helped call the game tonight on ESPN Radio 98.7 FM Wally great to see you how about that Nick D tonight it was

Outstanding I called for it at the beginning of the game do not let this magic team punk you and get points in the paint and attack you right at the front of the rim Isaiah hartenstein got a couple blocks the first possessions so did precious aoua and that set the tone

This this this magic team pushed us around the first three games in the series yes we were banged up yes we were injured but they are not as skilled as the New York Knicks basketball players they’re not as good a jump Shooters and we just needed to match their

Physicality and match their effort and we did it to start the game and as a result we completely sent a message to this team that they want no part of us in a playoff type atmosphere this was a this was not a pretty game you had to

Hide your eyes at times because the execution on the offensive end of the floor by both teams was not always perfect but you just found a way to get win grind a win and send a message to this team that was a half a game up in

The standings that you are not going to stay there Orlando that we are going to take that spot over and we are going to find our game especially when guys get healthy and that we are going to be the team to beat in the east in the playoffs

If we haveen to meet this team well when I was looking at the box car I was checking out all the different numbers I thought of you right away when I saw 26 points in the paint allowed to the magic that’s it 26 some teams get that in a

Quarter or a half but I also saw 31% shooting they were trying to score in the paint Nicks weren’t letting them do it 31% in the paint is excellent defense but you know what another story in this game well is the fact that we saw Jaylen

Brunson back on the floor I said it at halftime if I told you at halftime on Sunday in Cleveland that he’d have 17 points at the half very efficiently by Friday you wouldn’t have believed it him back on the floor and how he looked pretty amazing stuff wasn’t it

I think we lost Wally so we’ll just discuss it here bill right seeing him on the floor the way he was shooting the basketball he looked very comfortable and you know Orlando was throwing a lot of pieces at him they were doubling him black is a long Defender who has

Actually had success against Jaylen in the past but Jaylen looked like that he really found a rhythm in this game early on and as I said think about it you were there you called the game Sunday to think that less than a week later he’d be back on the floor is remarkable and

He didn’t look like he had he always is able to bounce back I this was a 11 out of 19 shooting he goes for the 26 points as you see uh four of seven from downtown and and he he was great and only took 19 shots like it wasn’t I’m

Only 19 but still for him it didn’t feel like that he was dominating the offense it looked like the ball moved really well and he was picking his spots in this game that was all great to see having him back in the lineup and playing at the level that he played at

The ability to to miss one game and still give you 28 minutes and give you the you know 26 points on on good shooting you love that and then the news before the game from Tom Tibido about ogan and obi’s practicing and they’re waiting to clear him uh to play in games

Knowing Julius Randall is not too far behind as well Mitchell Robinson doing basketball activities you know you start to get this sense that did the Knicks is there a light at the end of this tunnel now did the Knicks get through this injury couple of weeks they had to deal

With which included missing Jaylen Brunson a couple of times Nick’s now 8- n without anobi and without Randall one of the reasons that they’ve been able to hold in there precious atua yes what a postgame interview with Rebecca harlo he’s a guy that spent a lot of his

Childhood here in New York and the numbers tonight Allan I mean 15 points 14 rebounds a clear high five blocks two Steals and four assists he’s played the best basketball of his career been given the opportunity here key word and he has made the most of it keyword is

Opportunity and also what you heard in his interview with Rebecca was how much it means to him it’s personal for him he’s from here he grew up here in New York for him to play in New York is a personal thing and so when he’s getting the opportunity to play there’s just a

Little something extra in his game I love the fact that he’s stretching as well and knocking down a couple of Threes there is just something that you can feel about when he plays we’ve talked to him a couple of times we’ve had a chance to interview him several

Times the emotion he showed to Rebecca was wonderful because he’s generally a pretty stoic personality but on the floor you see a guy that’s really giving you extra energy extra effort and this opportunity he’s getting to play means a lot to him he’s another one that when

This team gets healthy his minutes are going to go down it’s just that that’s just the math but he also wants to make sure that they might go down but I stay in this rotation because I can help this team win so uh Chua goes for 39 minutes

He’s about averaging that since anobi and Randall have been out and that’s double his career average let’s not forget he’s guarding Paulo banero the allstar who is very difficult to guard and while bonero still had a strong game he gave him a hard time this entire game

All right so a very impressive win for the Knicks and a much needed For First an enemy has been defeated an ally has been defeated you have defeated an enemy double kill triple kill an enemy has been defeated your team has destroyed a Tower An ally has been defeated kill Dom triple kill Victory N Fore For Men break too easily not fun at all Sh blood you have been defeated out of nowhere defeated an enemy has been defeated for your tower has been destroyed an ally has deated you have been defeated enemy dou kill cruelty and despair enemy onslaught shut [Applause] down life goes in guts come ours

Stephen A. excited Brunson returns 26-Pts to help Knicks snap Magic’s 5-game win streak 98-74 rout