Brunson Scores 45 In Comfortable Knicks Victory In Portland | New York Knicks

Brunson Scores 45 In Comfortable Knicks Victory In Portland | New York Knicks

Starting their four game Road Trip in Portland Jaylen Brunson 45 tonight tied for the second most he’s had in the game all Year Josh Hart at 15 rebounds starts a defensive sequence there it leads to a Brunson layup and the Knicks dominate Portland tonight winning 105 to

93 great to have you with us from our Delta mg Studios bill pet along with alen Han Monica mcnut will join us here in a couple of moments Nicks did what they had to do dominating win you got the sense as you watch it they were never really challenged especially in

The second half yeah fourth quarter got to 10 little dicey at that point because the Knicks went up by 22 points early with minutes ago in the third quarter and then it felt like okay you know start unlacing the shoes but Portland kept playing and they made that a

10-point game so for a second there you gota okay you got to finish this thing off and they absolutely did and Jaylen Brunson was magnificent once again and the way he played and the way he just took it to those young guards that had their hands full all night trying to

Defend him he scored and assisted on pretty much 50% of the Nick offense in this game he was everything for this team in the 39th win of the Season Brunson 17 free throw attempts that’s a season high he had 45 points no other Nick Allen had more than 12 so it’s a

Good thing that Brunson did what he did tonight in terms absolutely Point that’s how you become 50% of the team’s offense in a game like this because you’re doing it all and really he also just like the rest of his team struggled from three but he got it done in the painted area

And that’s really what stands out to you is that he was nine of 10 in the paint and I mean I I think I lost count of how many n ones he had in this game now there’s one of the two threes he hit in this game but it was everything that he

Was doing was in the B around the basket and in the painted area look at this here watch this shot I mean are you kidding me even he was surprised by it but all this work that this man of 6’2 is doing in the area where 7’2 men

Usually do most of their work nine of 10 18 points in the paint 17 free throw attempts a dominant physically dominant performance something again typically you would see out of a big man this came from smallest guy on the court he touched on the Knicks three-point shooting only six of 29 from downtown

Normally when you see that it’s Doom was not the case tonight OG anobi second game back from that elbow injury and we mentioned the pregame all that matters you look at his numbers they’re always really solid but when he suits up this year the Knicks are now 14 and two yeah

I love that stat to me that’s the best stat you could possibly have you can give me the plus minuses and everything else and we might as well check it he ended up being a plus 11 in this game so just add that now it’s what is what are

We at now 291 plus 291 since he has joined the team but for ogn and Obi it has been really more of the same as helped defensively is a big part of it the corner three as we know for him is his favorite shot and he’s going to get

A ton of them in this offense and early on he was trying to be in attack mode and that was good but one thing we started to see was reaching for the elbow watch him here reach in defensively and then he kind of winces a little bit remember they had the clean

Out in that elbow and so the concern right there was did he you know aggravate something after post surgery so there’s Anthony goaga working on it at halftime and he’s shaking his head saying oh I’m staying in this game and so the elbow hurts so we can still dunk

The basketball though Bill pedo because you use two arms to do that we get the defense is always here and another dunk so OG anobi had himself a good game and his impact for this team on the floor is felt at both ends the elbow will be

Something I’m sure the reporters will be asking him about after this game the Knicks don’t play again till Saturday night against the Kings they certainly need him in a game like that so you hope that it’s a little bit of soreness that he can play through okay Al let’s now

Bring in mcnut hey Monica great job on the game tonight with Mike Breen uh what did you think uh obviously had a great view of of all that went down what’s your biggest take away from the victory tonight for the Knicks I think the consistency of this team and sort of the

Growth to me it was a very clear just the position of a young team versus a team with some seasoning and experience we talked about it to start the ball game how much scoot Henderson could take away from Jaylen brunson’s ability to shift Pace change gears um and create

Quality opportunities for both himself and his teammates but I think right now and Jaylen said it to us postgame this team understands that there are things they need to do to get better the defense can get better even though it’s it’s going well but they’re learning a

Lot and they’re winning right now so it feels really good Monica I got to share with you that on the broadcast as Mike Breen challenged you to do some rhyming like Clyde does Bill couldn’t understand how you were able to as you took it to break freestyle the way you did it blew

His mind he was like how did she do that and I said bill it’s a freestyle she was able to do this so I just want you to know that he was shocked by that performance did you come up with that like that or did you have that

Pre-planned so I think the first OG steel I was like all right I’m going to say something about the steals I don’t know uh and then it just kind of carried on I don’t know it just trust me freestyling is not my jam you’re not

Going to catch me in the streets of New York where Hip Hop was born trying to Freestyle no no no that’s all I got EG went well that that was a great R still very good but uh the concern though for an and the elbow was certainly notable

At halftime when he was getting it worked on we saw the ice pack on it but played the second half played through whatever he was doing we saw him win a couple of times but I mean would you feel it’s reassuring that he at least

Stayed in the game and also had a couple of dunks so that elbow couldn’t have hurt that that’s definitely reassuring with the capital r um I think beyond that he goes back in the game after the first couple of wines and here’s the thing and Han you know this from

Injuries and not just sports injuries pet regular people injuries sometimes you got to work through it right there’s a little bit of scar tissue whatever the the elbow in this case has been a little bit dormant maybe it’s back to real competition and real action so I think a

Few wies are okay especially since he kept coming back into the game and we see it throughout the league in fact when we were in Cleveland Cleveland has special seats that include heaters and massage guys go to the bench and put heat or ice in some cases but usually

Heat on their various limbs just to stay warm and prepared well we need to get those heat and if we can get seats like that in the Green Room to watch these games that would be fantastic they were really fancy if I can go back to Jaylen

Brunson with you Monica because what I what I said when we were doing the role is I lost count of how many n ones he had in this game you know we talk a lot about his footwork we talk a lot about his ability to shoot the three how much

Better he’s gotten at that right his leadership and all the other things I don’t know if we talk enough about and you said it early in the broadcast his strength how strong he is to finish over bigger players they try to play him physical and he finished a lot in this

Game getting to the free throw line seven attempts the it’s not just the strength I think it’s the core strength in particular and seriously we had a conversation one time cuz I’m a pilot girl jaylen’s a yoga guy and I think the interdisciplinary training of this generation of athlet although you heard

Mike Breen say on the broadcast that Clyde is one of the first yoga guys is so important there are so many nuances to the game of basketball whether you talk about this team communicating on defense and who’s calling uh out the switches or the various actions or how

They’re going to guard it or offensively being able to make the slightest shift as we see Jaylen does whether it’s a shift in direction or a change in the speed with which he’s operating that allows him to get to the rim him being one of the best paint scorers in the

League not just at the guard position is only a testament to the culmination of all of those things and how much Faith he has in himself and his teammates have in him 18 points nine of 10 in the paint in this game for Jaylen Brunson so mon

Game two of the four-game road trip Saturday at Sacramento pregame at 9:30 game at 10 what do you think about the match up here a couple of days away from now so the first thing I think of is Sacramento ain’t defending nobody they not really interested in that so that’s

A bonus in the case of the Knicks I do though also go to the fact that Sacramento likes to play fast and tonight when we saw this Trailblazers team start to close that Gap I believe they got it as close as 13 in the second half it was when they started to play

With a little bit more Pace now I do expect frankly a higher level of alertness from this Nick Squad when they get to Sacramento but dearon Fox is still terrific and damont sabon is in the category with Josh Hart when you start talking about triple doubles so

They have some forces that have to be reckoned with you’re going to see the other Murray twin and Keegan Murray who’s been shooting in the three ball a little bit streaky but he is a quality three-point shooter so I think if the Knicks can continue to dictate the pace

Of that one I think they’ll be in good shape all right Monica have a great trip to Sacramento and we’ll talk to you on Saturday night thanks guys so DeAndre Aton here for Portland fight went for 31 and 14 in the Knicks and Tom tibo their crew still had the

Points in the paint advantage over the Blazers 58 to 34

Jalen Brunson scored 45 PTS including 15 FTS as the Knicks roll past the Trailblazers 105-93. The Knicks truggled with the 3 Ball but made up for it in the paint against the young Portland roster. The Knicks are right back at it tomorrow night to take on the Kings in Sacramento.

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Brunson Scores 45 In Comfortable Knicks Victory In Portland | New York Knicks