ESPN react to Brunson becomes 4th Knicks player with consecutive 40-Pts games, leads NY past Kings

ESPN react to Brunson becomes 4th Knicks player with consecutive 40-Pts games, leads NY past Kings

From ad Delta MSG Studios Bill pedo along with alen Han Monica mcnut will join us shortly it’s one thing to hold the Sixers down it’s one thing that contain the magic the Kings average 118 points per game this is their second lowest point output in a game this year

They held the Kings to 91 yeah Brunson was phenomenal they got help from a lot of players but the defense tonight Allen was fantastic yeah it was you know what they’re doing and we we’ve seen this now with the league we saw a memo went out report said to all the teams letting

Them know they have talked to the officiating about trying to bring the pendulum back to the middle being offense and defense so physicality coming back in the game and that’s obvious and when you let the Knicks know we’re going to let you play physical that’s right exactly what they want to

Do this game was a brawl for most of this game look at the free throw disparity we’ll talk about that but as far as the way the Knicks want to play that’s how they want to play and so you have a Kings team that does play well at

Home they score a lot at home but they’re not used to this kind of physicality mying the game what was it physicality the Knicks had to raise their level they did in this game the officiating allowed it played right into their hands and then of course you have

All NBA Allstar Superstar Jaylen Brunson leading the way when it was winning time he made some big shots Knicks down in the East only two games behind third place Cleveland remember they own the tiebreaker against the Cavs oh yeah and Brunson 42 points Patrick Ying Melo and

Barnard King the only other Knicks in history to have back-to-back games with at least 40 points Brunson joins that group yes he joins that group of beloved nick players because all those names that you mention are all names that get standing ovations now when they are at the Garden and Jaylen Brunson getting

Standing ovations not just at the Garden but everywhere he plays around the NBA you heard him talk about the atmosphere at the golden one Center that he liked it a lot of Nick fans there but as I said I mean he was cooking when he came

Back into into the game in the second quarter something just turned on for him the switch whatever it was his compete level took another step but also his shot making these were guards once again this is not like a bunch of look at that play right there now now again Keon

Ellis has played really well defensively but that he rooked him right there with that little point and then go the other way and right here bill you can see the list look at those names as I told you those are beloved nick players in franchise history Jaylen certainly has

Become one as well all right fourth quarter Nicks held the to only 17 points Isaiah hartenstein was excellent tonight and damonta sabonis did not score a single point in the fourth quarter largely because of the D from hartenstein who had five blocks Nicks holded the Kings when they mattered the

Most and that’s really why they won the game their fourth quarter defense was fantastic it really was and you know you mentioned hartenstein hartenstein didn’t get to a double and Ellis takes a look over his shoulder thinking his screens coming totally Rooks him takes it right

To the rack and you see the shooting there neither team really shot the ball well but I’ll tell you what it’s all about the rebounding effort you see the score the low score that plays into the Knicks and once again bill as we mentioned the physicality aspect one of

The P’s we talked about huge in this game tonight Nicks scored by eight from the foul line but still went up by seven Monica mcnut now joins us help call the game tonight with Kenny Albert Monica there have been 40 wins this right up there among the most impressive

Especially because with the Nick were able to do on defense man Peter I just I need to let out like aoo a deep sigh after sitting Courtside for that ball game and I heard you Han talking about it physical yes capital P but I think

And quietly I it was 15 seconds to go in the ball game till I realized theand sabona had been zero scoring in that fourth quarter even though Isaiah hardenstein performance was big throughout the ball game it was nothing quiet about this 40 piece compared to the one that J Brunson put up in

Portland and I actually think although the total percentage between Alec Brooks and boan bogdanovich doesn’t look great but the 21 points from those guys really helped keep the Sacramento Kings at Bay in those bench unit minutes and so the only thing missing from making this one a highlevel playoff style basketball

Game is better three-point shooting as both teams were hovering around the 30% Mark yeah in Monaco you know we had mentioned before the game all the different things that you wanted to expect the Knicks to do in this game you had the paint right you had that kind of

Stuff and I was talking about the physicality all that stuff was a big part of this game but what we didn’t really know was what we were going to get out of OG an anobi tonight in this game right because the elbow had him questionable going into this game but he

Played we saw the way he shot the basketball there was not a lot of confidence there in that shot but how about we just discuss the what he did bring to this game presence alone on the court are we now 15- two when he plays

Bill right yes 15- two when he plays I thought you know while the box score doesn’t show it it once again the little things that OJ anobi is able to do just being on the court just shows you how important he is to this team I agree with you technically tonight he finishes

Plus six with those what is that six rebounds in this one but you have to account for him and even though he didn’t have a bunch of steals again his ability to stay in front of either de’arra Fox Malik monk in spots having to guard Dem mon sabonis think about

That play guys with about two and change to go in the fourth quarter where you have oan and Isaiah hardenstein and Dante dvan chenzo creating a crowd around damont sabonis that leads to a turnover and an empty possession that’s the type of thing that Oobi does I know

He got the call for punching the basketball but how many times did he get a hand on the ball and help keep a position a possession alive for the Knicks and so I actually think Han and it’s you know this having covered Sports as long as you have coming back from an

In injury requires that you have enough confidence to trust yourself and I thought his jump shot looked a little bit short I’m not not sure what he’s experiencing but his willingness to be out there and to defend with that elbow the jump shot will come I’m not worried

About it it was great to see him on the floor Monica you mentioned Burks and bogdanovich it’s worth mentioning the numbers because early in that fourth quarter Allen and I are watching and we’re saying got to get some production out of these guys Burks finished the game with 12 and bogdanovich scored

Seven of his nine points in the fourth quarter they were both huge in the fourth Alec brks remind you that he got a little handle he was taking some of them young fellas for the Sacramento Kings getting into his bag with the pump fakes at the free throw line having

Defenders fly by it was good to see from him this is by far his most consequential output since he’s joined the New York Knicks and then for bonovich I was calling for a little bit more of your Shooters on the move because you got to give the Kings their

Credit defensively guys and and in the arena they were so tenacious they were all up in all of the Knicks and we saw that versus Jaylen Brunson and of course Alec Burks as you’re watching it now b b both of those guys getting on the move or putting their moves on the defense

Being able to score against a very feisty and focused Kings defense tonight was huge in terms of creating enough room for Jaylen Bron to catch his breath to come in the ball game and close it yeah Monica you know how we always now we’re scoreboard watching we’re we’re

Looking at you know what this what the standings look like I mean minute by minute almost because these are late games compared to games being played in the East right now it felt like you know you get a win like this the Cavs lose and you see now when you’re looking up

You know we always want to see who’s catching you never mind who’s behind you look up and you see there’s two games back now of that third position in the East which is such a valuable bracket to be in you know I’d be curious to see

Like when you look at this trip now you’re already two and 0 with two games to go there’s great opportunity right now for the Knicks when you look at the standings 100% and frankly if the Knicks had to be a part of Retribution last week right Kelly UB those guys from the

Sixers talking about how the Knick bust excuse me beat them beat them in Philly uh the Knicks in turn have an opportunity to get a little retribution versus the Golden State Warriors who’s the next team on this road trip as that was not a pretty performance when the

Warriors came to the garden and of course you got the defendant Champs looming but I think winning gritty winning tough on defense holding a team under 100 points again only continues to add deposits into your bank of confidence and as you continue through this road trip you can rely on that okay

Monica we’ll talk to you on Monday great to have you on as always great job with Kenny tonight sounds good thanks guys all right we touched on the standings uh here’s what it looks like Allen up to the second of the Eastern Conference for for fore violence is always the answer

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ESPN react to Brunson becomes 4th Knicks player with consecutive 40-Pts games, leads NY past Kings