76ers Stifle Knicks In Low Scoring Affair | New York Knicks

76ers Stifle Knicks In Low Scoring Affair | New York Knicks

And we don’t want it to happen to anyone else. KNICKS WITHIN FOUR LATE. BUT KYLE LOWRY ALWAYS SEEMS TO DO THIS AGAINST THE KNICKS, NO MATTER WHO HE PLAYS FOR. BIG THREE. AND PHILLY IS ABLE TO HOLD ON 79-73. THAT’S A SEASON LOW IN TERMS OF

SCORING FOR ANY TEAM IN THE NBA THIS YEAR, 73 POINTS. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. MSG STUDIOS FROM THE GARDEN. ORLANDO HAD THE LEAGUE LOW HERE, 74 POINTS ON FRIDAY. AND THE KNICKS 73 TONIGHT. 32.5% SHOOTING. THEY GO LIKE 20% FROM THREE. IT HAPPENS, BUT HOW DO YOU

EXPLAIN WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT? WELCOME TO NBA BASKETBALL. THIS IS HOW IT IS. IF YOU DON’T TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY ON YOUR HOME FLOOR AND COME PREPARED READY TO PLAY, THE OTHER TEAM IS GOING TO JUST PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH AND THERE’S NO WAY YOU CAN GET UP FROM THE CANVAS.

THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT. NICK NURSE, THAT’S WHY HE’S AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING COACH. HE RALLIED HIS GUYS, THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING TERRIBLE OF LATE. NO MAXEY, NO EMBIID, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT STATISTIC. THEY CAN’T WIN WITHOUT THOSE TWO GUYS IN THE LINEUP.

HE SAID LISTEN HIT THESE GUYS FIRST, LET’S GET AFTER THEM DEFENSIVELY, LET’S MAKE THEM UNCOMFORTABLE ON THE OFFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR. LET’S HIT THEM, LET’S GRAB THEM, LET’S PRESSURE THEM. AND THE KNICKS DID NOT SHOOT THE THREE WELL. 9-40 FROM THE THREE POINT LINE.

YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WIN A LOT OF NBA GAMES WHEN YOU DON’T SHOOT THE THREE BALL WELL. WAS IT THE AGGRESSION OF THE SIXERS AND THE DEFENSE OF THE SIXERS THAT CAUSED ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS? IT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE AGGRESSION. THEY WERE CHALLENGING THE KNICKS. THEY WERE PRESSURING UP ON

PASSING LANES, PRESSURING UP ON THE BALL INDIVIDUALLY. WHEN THE KNICKS DID TURN THE CORNER AND DID GET AN ADVANTAGE, THEIR COVERAGES WERE ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. THEIR HELP ON PICK AND ROLLS, THEIR SWITCHES WITH AGGRESSION. THAT’S WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. WHEN THEY SWITCHED, THEY DIDN’T

JUST SIT BACK AND LET THE KNICKS GET COMFORTABLE DRIBBLING THE BALL. THEY SWITCHED TO PRESSURE THE BALL AND TO GET THE KNICKS RETREATING AND MOVING AWAY FROM THE BASKET. AS A RESULT THE KNICKS DID NOT GET GOOD LOOKS AT THE BASKET. THEY GOT 43 POINT ATTEMPTS. BUT THEY WERE NOT HIGH QUALITY ATTEMPTS.

THEY WERE ALL CHALLENGED, THEY WERE ALL PHYSICAL. AND THEN ON THE BOARDS, I’LL TELL YOU THE KNICKS DID A DECENT JOB GETTING SOME OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS. BUT UNDERNEATH PAUL REED AND COMPANY WERE REALLY TOUGH. RARE OFF GAME FOR JALEN BRUNSON, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE AGGRESSION YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. WENT ONLY 6 OF 21.

TAKE US THROUGH THE 4th QUARTER. OBVIOUSLY NOT A LOT OF SCORING. KNICKS WERE NEVER ABLE TO GET ANY MOMENTUM GOING AT ALL. I THINK WHY JALEN WAS OFF A LITTLE BIT WAS THE RESPECT HE HAD FOR KYLE LOWRY. KYLE LOWRY IS A VETERAN WHO

KNOWS HOW TO WIN. WHEN YOU SEE HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KIND OF THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE SHOTS THAT YOU TAKE. THIS WAS THE LITTLE SKIRMISH WHERE DIVINCENZO HAD ENOUGH. I LIKE THE FIGHT THE KNICKS SHOWED. I THOUGHT THEY PLAYED WITH A LOT OF EFFORT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME PHILADELPHIA PLAYED WITH EVEN MORE EFFORT AND THAT’S WHAT GOT THEM THE VICTORY. JALEN BRUNSON WITH THAT AND ONE THERE CUT THE GAME TO SEVEN. BUT THEY JUST NEVER COULD REALLY CRACK IT. THAT WAS A HUGE SHOT BY JOSH HART.

AND THAT CUT IT TO FOUR. THAT’S WHEN LOWRY THIS NEXT POSSESSION SAID ALL RIGHT, YOU CUT IT TO FOUR, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GOT SOMETHING GUYS, I’M GOING TO PUSH THE LEAD BACK TO SEVEN. AND THEN THE KNICKS DID NOT EXECUTE DOWN THE STRETCH. I THOUGHT IF THIS WAS GOING TO

BE A CLOSE GAME, THEY WOULD HAVE A CHANCE, BUT JALEN BRUNSON JUST DID NOT HAVE IT GOING TONIGHT. AGAIN AT 33% SHOOTING, THAT’S A SEASON LOW FOR THE KNICKS. GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, 21 TURNOVERS. THEIR HIGH FOR A GAME THIS YEAR IS 22. SO 21 TURNOVERS DIDN’T HELP.

AND WE TALKED AND YOU MENTIONED, WALLY, 9 OF 40 FROM DOWNTOWN. PHILLY WINS IT 79-73. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCENARIO NOW WITH NO MAXEY AND NO EMBIID, WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PREGAME, 0-7 WITHOUT THEIR STARS. THEY GET THIS WIN. AND MIKE BREEN MADE THE COMMENT

DURING THE TEAM THAT NICK NURSE CALLED HIS TEAM OUT THE OTHER DAY FOR LACK OF EFFORT. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, PHILADELPHIA WAS ABLE TO GET THE WIN. MONICA NOW JOINS US. WHAT DO YOU THINK, MONICA? WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT?

SO USUALLY I LOVE BEING RIGHT AND RUBBING IT IN PEOPLE’S FACE. TONIGHT I HATED BEING RIGHT. AND THE COMMENT WAS FROM ME ON THE RADIO WAS THE KNICKS NEEDED FOUR QUARTERS OF FOCUS BECAUSE THIS IS A TEAM COMING IN TRYING TO RESTOCK WHEN IT COMES TO PRIDE. WE HEARD EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE

MISSING THEIR TWO ALL STARS, THEY HAD A COMBINATION OF VETERANS, HUNGRY GUYS, GUYS WITH LENGTH AND ATHLETICISM WHO WANTED TO COME BACK AND GET RIGHT AFTER A VERY DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCE. WALLY SAID IT TOO. THIS WAS A HARD FOUGHT GAME. BUT THE OFFENSE WAS NOT EASY.

AND I GIVE CREDIT TO THE SIXERS BECAUSE OF HOW HARD THEY PLAYED IN THIS GAME. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THEY BASICALLY TOLD THE KNICKS, WE DON’T THINK YOU CAN BEAT US OFF THE DRIBBLE. WE’RE GOING TO PLAY YOU ONE ON ONE AND IT’S UP TO YOU TO BEAT US OFF THE DRIBBLE.

THEY DIDN’T GET INTO THE PAINT. THE KNICKS TOOK MORE THREES THAN SHOTS IN THE PAINT, MONICA. THAT TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS GAME. AND IF THEY HAD MADE A BUNCH OF THREES, YOU WOULDN’T EVEN LOOK AT THAT STAT. BUT IT STANDS OUT BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T ABLE TO CONVERT INSIDE

THE PAINT. THEY DID NOT REALLY GET TO THE FREE THROW LINE AS MUCH AS THEY NORMALLY DO. ONLY 60 FREE THROW ATTEMPTS. AND EVERYTHING WAS FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THEY JUST DIDN’T HAVE ANYONE GOING FROM DOWNTOWN. WE HAVE A SHOPPING CART RIGHT HERE BEHIND US.

THE KNICKS WERE SHOPPING FOR BUCKETS IN THIS GAME. CAME UP EMPTY. THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE STOCKS TONIGHT. WE’VE GOT NOTHING FOR YOU. LITERALLY. THE SHELVES ARE EMPTY. SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE WHEELS, IT RATTLES DOWN THE AISLE. MAKES THE TERRIBLE NOISE. WHAT DID YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT KELLY OUBRE?

I THOUGHT DEFENSIVELY HE REALLY, REALLY ESTABLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME THAT LENGTH WAS GOING TO BOTHER JALEN BRUNSON. WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HIS GAME JUST KIND OF LEADING THE CHARGE FOR THE SIXERS? I’VE HEARD HER TALK ABOUT KELLY OUBRE AS THE GUY WHO GIVES THIS TEAM SOME GRIT, SOME NASTINESS.

HE WANTS THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND I ACTUALLY HAD THAT GAME ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND HE STEPPED UP IN THE ABSENCE OF JOEL EMBIID. TO ME KELLY OUBRE EMBODIES IF YOU GIVE HIM THE RUNWAY AND THE OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU GIVE HIM THE CHANCE HE’S GOING TO CAPITALIZE

AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. YEAH, AND AGAIN IT’S PART OF THE LENGTH YOU THROW AT A TEAM LIKE THE KNICKS. THIS IS WHAT THE ATLANTA HAWKS DID. IT WAS KIND OF THE SAME THING. THE AMOUNT OF LENGTH YOU CAN THROW AT THE KNICKS AND DISRUPT THEM AND KEEP THEM OUT OF THE

PAINT AND THE ATHLETICISM. I STILL FEEL LIKE THIS COMES DOWN TO THE FACT THAT PHILLY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON TONIGHT. IF YOU’RE SCOREBOARD WATCHING WHICH WE ALL ARE, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WE DO IT. MIAMI LOST. CLEVELAND LOST. THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KNICKS THAT THEY MISSED

TONIGHT. BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T GET IT GOING TONIGHT. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, MIAMI AND ORLANDO AND CLEVELAND ARE GOING WELL THE KNICKS LOST TOO SO NOT TOO BAD. AND THAT’S JUST WHAT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT’S FUN TO SCOREBOARD WATCH, BUT NIGHTS LIKE THIS, NOT AS MUCH. RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, BUT HEY WE HAVE THESE GUYS, THE KNICKS HAVE THESE GUYS COMING UP IN TWO DAYS. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH HOW THEY MIGHT LEARN FROM THIS GAME AND COME OUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ON TUESDAY AGAINST THIS SAME EXACT TEAM? WELL I THOUGHT, WALLY, THERE

WAS ROOM FOR THIS TEAM TO ATTACK. TO ALAN’S POINT, IT’S NOT NECESSARILY THE PRIMARY OR THE FIRST INITIAL PENETRATION. I THINK THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THOUGH WITH MORE THAN ONE. THERE’S A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE FIRST HALF WHERE JOSH CUTS OFF OF PENETRATION. THEY’RE MOVING.

THEY CAN’T ACCOUNT FOR HIM. WE KNOW THEY LIKE TO ATTACK THAT BASELINE SIDE THEN SPRAY THE BASKETBALL THEN MOVE OFF OF THAT. FINE, IF THE FIRST PENETRATION IS NOT EFFECTIVE, I THINK THEY HAVE TO PLAY IN THE PAINT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND FLAT OUT Y’ALL, YOU GOT TO

HIT SOME THREES. THAT’S THE OTHER PART OF IT TOO. 9-40 IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE KNICKS ARE A GOOD THREE POINT SHOOTING TEAM. BUT YOU HAVE NIGHTS LIKE THIS. AND THE ATLANTA GAME STANDS OUT TO ME AS WELL. A LOT OF THREES WENT UP, BUT NOT ENOUGH OF THEM IN THE BABA’S KETY.

WE SAW THE LAST GAME WHAT HAPPENED AGAINST ORLANDO. 1st QUARTER EVERYTHING WENT IN AND GOT YOU OFF TO A GOOD START. IT CLEARLY IS A TONE SETTER FOR YOU. BUT I’M WITH YOU, MONICA. I DO THINK THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH WITH A TWO IN THE PAINT THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE

KNICKS WOULD HESITATE OR KICK IT OUT. THE SIXERS DON’T HAVE JOEL EMBIID. THERE’S NOT LIKE SHOT BLOCKING OUT THERE FOR THEM THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE RIM. YET IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE TOO HESITANT TO SCORE IN THE PAINT. IF I’M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ON

TUESDAY, I’M LOOKING TO SEE IF THE KNICKS GRIND IT OUT MORE IN THE PAINT AND TRY TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT TYPE OF A GAME TO FINISH MORE IN THERE, SOFTEN IT UP LIKE YOU LIKE TO USE THAT PHRASE THAT ALLOWS THEM THE THREE POINT SHOT TO COME

INTO PLAY. OKAY, MONICA ALLEN, AS ALWAYS WE APPRECIATE IT. INTERESTING IN THE LAST THREE GAMES FROM THREE, WALLY, AND AGAINST ATLANTA 16-52, AGAINST ORLANDO 16-33, AND TONIGHT THEY GO 9-40. WAS THE SHOT SELECTION AN ISSUE OR ARE THEY JUST NOT GOING IN? IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

THEY DID NOT GENERATE GOOD OFFENSE. THE KEY FOR COACHES TO GET GOOD SHOTS IN THE NBA IS YOU WANT TO TOUCH THE PAINT. YOU WANT TO BREAK DOWN THE DEFENSE, GET THE DEFENSE INTO SCRAMBLE MODE. I DON’T THINK THE KNICKS DID A GOOD JOB OF PENETRATING THE

PHILADELPHIA DEFENSE AND AS A RESULT THEY WERE TAKING A LOT OF CONTESTED SHOTS. BRUNSON FROM DOWNTOWN 1 OUT

The 76ers held the Knicks to only 73 points, which would be a NBA low this season in a the 79-73 final. Philadelphia brought aggression coming off of a bad loss to the Pelicans. The Knicks look to get instant revenge when they take on the 76ers at The Garden on Tuesday.

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76ers Stifle Knicks In Low Scoring Affair | New York Knicks