How Will The Knicks Survive The Final Stretch?! | Bleacher Report Show

How Will The Knicks Survive The Final Stretch?! | Bleacher Report Show

Let’s get this session started here CP the franchise checking in from Florida and and the New York Knicks lost its tough one man to the Miami Heat last night 109 to 99 tough night at the office uh for Jaylen Brunson yeah Brunson finishing with 20 points 10 assists and just five

Of 18 shooting one of six from downtown Nick just couldn’t get much offense going in the beginning of the game I didn’t like the way that they started the game I thought Miami played like the more desperate team definitely played with a much more of a sense of urgency you could feel

It they want it they know that this is now April they’re in the dog uh the the final stretch of the season and so Miami’s looking to gain some ground now this is when Jimmy starts to uh to to actually start playing ball and the Rosier factor I

Told y’all man the Rosier Factor this is not Kyle Lowry all over it again Rosier makes them I think a little more dangerous and he killed us last night man 34 points of Terry Rosier he couldn’t miss last night 10 of 15 from the field eight of 11 from downtown

Terry Rosier man absolutely destroyed the Knicks and and and that that I think that was a big factor in this thing a bad start and just not being able to to contain Terry Rosier whatsoever and so before you know it Nicks are facing deficits double digit deficits and had to climb themselves out

Of a hole you just can’t keep relying on that you had bad starts against the Spurs you know uh you can’t keep relying on on coming back those fake Nick comebacks are just not going to work especially when you play the better teams so I did not like how the Knicks

Came out but nevertheless they made things interesting in the fourth quarter with a nice run to get back in it I think they they tried to cut the lead to about four but then again Scary Terry put the knife in there back and and the dagger

To to really end it I think he he finished with like a 120 run to wrap up the game so the team the Knicks have now lost three in a row they’re 44 and 31 on the campaign and as a result guys they dropped to fifth in the uh in the

Eastern comp race so this was a big big matchup on all accounts with with Miami on the Knicks heels with Orlando on the on the Knicks heels and the Knicks trying themselves to get out of a rut but you know you look at the um the box score here from this

Game Nick shooting 46% from the field I thought I thought a lot of that was based on their second half play which was much more spirited they did have a 30o fourth quar third quarter and try to climb back in the fourth but you know only shooting 35 from three a lot of

That was diven chenzo misfiring uh Miami conversely shooting 44% from the three Dam near 45% and winning the rebounding battle I thought this was key as well man the Knicks coming into this game one of the best rebounding teams in the league also on the offensive glass uh

Miami good job of keep it the Knicks off jiger man Porto salute oh dog what up Miami did a good job of keeping the Knicks off the glass so when you think of it that way the Knicks really were unable to create many advantages against his Heat

Team and that was part of the issue another part of the issue man you can look at D venzo statline and say okay 31 Points 11 to 21 from the field sh out 50% six of 15 from three but I thought in key stretches especially early in that game he was relatively ineffective

Didn’t necessarily like his shot selection and part of the problem for me with ienzo is that he’s a very limited Creator you know he’s a very limited shot Creator and so for him it’s threes or nothing now second half he turned it on which was good but overall you know his lack of

Shot creation sometimes can put this team in a little bit of a bind especially if Brunson isn’t had doesn’t have it going and I thought the heat as they do did a good job of putting a lot of pressure on them they had Caleb Martin guarding him sometimes it was yovic

Jimmy and so they’re able to throw some relatively decent size and put a lot of pressure on them and Brunson talked about the fact that all right we back in it we back in it I think I lost the stream just for a second but we should be good to go so

Yeah so Brunson talked about the fact that look he was a little bit under the weather and look it’s certainly possible the this is the final stretch of the season I think this this team on a whole is looking a little bit tired it’s a short-handed

Team you know like on one hand yes you can’t keep using that as an excuse as Josh Hart said everybody’s got a man up and play but on the other hand you can see it where with no julus Rand with no OG anobi this team can be very limited

And onedimensional if they’re not clicking on all cylinders and what I mean not clicking on all cylinders is you know you don’t have Josh Hart doing his thing Brunson is not playing at his MVP caliber level even venzo can get uh tricky in terms of his shot

Selection so at times they just seem like a a burnt out group and look it’s an issue for this team there’s no way to slice it you don’t have good news on Julius Randall still hasn’t been cleared to play ogan noi now is dealing with elbow tendonitis so I think the OG situation

He’s looking like game one being ready for game one of the playoffs I don’t see any ramp up time for OG as they try to get the information down and for Julius it could be 5050 right now shout out to od1 in the chat fax M says short-handed but at the

Same time we have a bench of at least four dmps and two of them might actually be useful at crazy time I’m I’m not so sure man I’m not so sure we got to understand this there are consequences to trades when the Knicks made the OG trade it put a hole

In the bench with quickly being gone we know this McBride has filled in admir admir admirably absolutely uh but you then made the Dallas the Detroit trade bringing in Burks bringing in bogdanovich now bonov played better last night I thought he had one of his better games as a Nick

Liked the shot selection he was more under control and he took Advantage when he had the opportunities to B donov had a good game last night but on for the most part those guys have been ineffective and so the injuries on top of inconsistent play from your old

Players on top of an effective bench is going to put this team in a bond but like I said there’s consequences to your choices remember the Knicks could have went out there and gotten anybody at the deadline they could have gotten dejonte Murray they could have gotten Scary Terry if they

Wanted him who went out there and killed him right imagine Terry Rosier as another guard off your bench they could have gotten anybody they chose Burks and banovic to keep their cap flexible for next season and to be able to make further moves so as a

Result it’s going to put a strain on the team because they decided not to put more chips in the middle of the table and really fortify this team so these things have consequences now in the long term maybe it works out right maybe they use a bonov contract

They go to Cleveland go get donov Mitchell you got the rollsroyce Rolls-Royce back court and they’re killing so maybe we can look in 2024 25 and say hey what a great trade this bonov trade was because it was a stepping stone to getting to where we need to be but for right

Now it’s putting this team in a in a bind you know it it’s it’s really putting this team on the bind now the uh the the foul complaining with tibs and Brunson look yes he’s getting fouled it’s been an issue all year but listen we’re getting ready for the

Playoffs get ready what we saw last night from that Miami Heat defense and the intensity in which they played that game you could expect it in the playoffs if these two team this is why I don’t want to see this team in the playoffs as much

As I hate admitting it and I had you know I’m talking trash of Miami Heat fans I was trying to hold it down for us last night I was really trying to hold it down for us last night but it’s a tough team man they’re a tough defensive team and for the

Knicks right now with their glaring weaknesses it’s a tough opponent to have to start off the playoffs against so we just got to understand that it just is what it is with this team it’s a short-handed team in many respects and they just going to have to roll forward

The problem is is that you know as you see Jimmy Butler starting to ramp up he’s had time to kind of coast and chill the Knicks don’t have that luxury jayen Brunson does not have that luxury he has to be MVP pedal to the metal until this thing is

Over that’s that’s going to be the the question question here can he can he do it because at this stage of the game you’re looking to you know get guys a little bit of rest here and there when you can maybe take a night off Nicks can’t afford to do

That they cannot afford to take a second off because let’s take a look at the standings here salute to everybody in the chat CP the franchise on the bleacher report app checking in from sunny Florida all right let me uh let me get the standings up

Here and as you look at it yeah you know they were trying to chase that two seed they’re three games behind the Bucks I don’t think they’re happening with seven games left and a game against the bucks um but with that loss they go tied again with Orlando and remember Orlando owns

That tie breaker so Orlando is now to fourth seed and look who’s in the rearview mirror the Indiana Pacers one of a half games back of the Knicks in the six seed if they finish tied guess who drops to six so this is where those regular season matchups matter man tie Breakers

Gotta factor in tie Breakers you got Miami right here Miami’s two games back and the process is back with Philadelphia so the Knicks have no time to take a break they’ve got to get it together and get it together fast because playing is not out of the question with seven games left they’ve

Got to get it together man let’s take a look at the remaining games of the schedule CP the franchise on the bleacher report app a look because it starts tomorrow against the Sacramento Kings it starts tomorrow against the Sacramento Kings who’s going to be looking for Revenge Sacramento themselves have something to play

For then you go to shy toown then Milwaukee you know you got a little three- game stretch which is weird they do at Chicago then they got to go to Milwaukee and come back to Chicago that’s a little weird mix very weird mix but tricky It’s

Tricky then they go to Boston not sure if Boston’s going to be playing their starters or what and then finish home versus Brooklyn Brooklyn looks like they were they those guys are already in Cancun so not really worried about them and then home against Chicago so the Knicks cannot

Afford to take a step back here they’ve got to go pedal to the middle and as Josh Hart said this is the team this is the team so what are we going to do here man what do you guys think in the chat i Martinez 37 Brunson looked gas yesterday or just

Miami Knights got him hey you might be right I don’t know man they they had a club in the arena I mean who knows who knows what these guys will get into man they got a lot of uh of things to distract you in that Arena but good time

We we had a great time shout out my guy Jay uh me and my guy OD dog was in the building was in the mix sad out to all the Knicks fans that uh that pulled up on us at the game at the pre game watch

Party was uh was crazy the pregame happy hour rather shout out to everybody that came through to uh Black Market Bas side had at least 100 Knicks fans in there a lot of love for kftv a lot of love for CP the franchise Alex and and just overall Community Vibes shout out to

Everybody that pulled up but yeah man it’s TM says magic is a team I want they can’t shoot but their defense is good man their defense is good and so that’s another team who Nicks are going to have to shoot it from three shoot it well from three this

Magic team knows how to get it at the mud defensively and I’m very interested to see uh Palo bonero I’m very interested to see how he plays in the playoffs that’s going to be the next step in the evolution of his game fax Muller lash what’s good lash

Fax Muller says uh CP was a lighting off last night at that Arena I don’t know it was my first time there so I wasn’t sure what you know what the bench mark it against my first time there I could see fine we had great seats you know as the

Scotch was flowing more and more Vision was getting a little blurry but everything I saw was was was pretty good fact Mo I can’t believe we’re actually here seven games wow time flies but unfortunately for us this way yeah it’s a roller coaster season man it’s a roller coaster

Season right now this Knicks team just has to they they have to grind they got no choice fax mull in here heavy buddy Tai Gotta Give it to SPO though yeah great coach great coach this is the team I do not want to play in the playoffs salute man jig man Porter

Attire dvo is not excited to watch exciting to watch yeah and CJ 78 dvo has been chucking lately yeah I don’t like I don’t like uh I I I don’t like the the shots like sometimes with div chenzo I I I just don’t like it

Man TM says uh we showed a pick of you and fans from the Meetup on the show and gave snaps too gave snaps too okay all right nice nice that that’s dope man that’s dope yeah I haven’t seen I only saw like a couple a couple

Pictures but uh TM drop it in the slack if you if you had another another picture that that I might not have seen but yeah we took a lot of pictures with the fans yesterday uh great meet up absolutely great time J Rose 712 ISS finally working listening in on the grind yeah

Salute to everybody in the grind you guys are on the grind throw a hashtag grind in the chat good game for McBride last night though I I did like how Deuce looked his his shot making was a necessity if Duce wasn’t hitting his shots especially early this thing might have been it

Might have gotten ridiculous if if Duce wasn’t knocking down those threes this thing could have gotten out of hand Duce McBride 24 points nine to 16 shooting four of eight from the field good job by him but you know iHeart was really nullified man neutralized bam had him on

Lock Four Points two assists three steals only 18 minutes he did get precious in there I thought precious gave them some good effort especially in that second half run and then Mitchell Robinson coming back I thought was a positive sign even though he wasn’t really uh you know impactful I thought

It was good to see Mitch get back out there Shout Out J Martin 05 salute on the grind fax M on the grind gamble salute Lopez my guy Lopez in here TM CJ says everyone is going to play Brunson uh the way B does put an

Athletic wing on him yeah others need to step up yeah that’s going to be the play now J Brunson has shown as stars do as Superstar talents do uh that you know on some nights they’re going to get the upper hand and some nights that defensive style can wear you

Down and it’s not just one guy it’s a lot of attention coming off of the wings that is why it’s important especially early for you to be knocking down your shots you’ve got to space the floor for him so that the defense has to respect your Shooters on the outside

It’s one of my issues with having heart out there sometimes and then you know if Divan chenzo is not firing that paint can get very very small Tor ACL was a April Fool I didn’t hear anything about T AC I’m not sure who you’re speaking of but yeah no CJ in

The chat has definitely has a point and you know with Orlando they’ve got a lot of guys they can throw at jayen Brunson and a lot of good Scrappy young Defenders that are going to be wanting to rise up to the challenge they don’t want to be the next

Contestant on The Summer Jam screen so they got to play Orlando in the playoffs you got guys like Anthony black uh sugs that they can put on maybe even Jonathan Isaac maybe and Jamal Mosley knows Brunson so I think that’s an interesting matchup yeah Orlando’s goingon to be

Inexperienced but when you talk about putting longer more wingspan athletic players in front of them could be tough could be a tough tough night for him words of post as Butler was on him a lot in the playoffs and he still cooked them yeah that’s true I

Thought I thought the only two players to saw that Miami Heat defense last year was or three players was Brunson joic and Murray that’s it so yeah like I said you know he’s going to have nights where he’s going to be red hot and and knocking down those shots

But he’s got to work as you see he’s got to work for it man and with nobody like a Julius who can command more attention and that he can play off of I think he has to work even more and that become it’s it’s that’s why you get so tired and burnt

Down you got to carry the team there’s nobody assisting him on on on his shots so he’s got to do everything CJ Josh Hart got the shooting Yips he’s not pulling the trigger told y’all about that man I told y’all about that it’s a concern no he’s not a he’s not a shooter

But he’s got to take shots he’s got to step into his shots with confidence man he absolutely has to take shots with confidence one of three last night he took three shots it’s hard to win that way now like I said McBride certainly carried the load for the team

Pause but Hart has to be that guy and the thing is is that we know his strength is playing fast and his ability to make plays in The Fast Break he wasn’t doing that last night couldn’t do it last night and the Knicks uh the he controlling the boards

I thought was part of it I mean look let’s look at the numbers Josh Hart last 10 shooting 30% from the field 14% from three I mean those are ghastly numbers according to Clyde TM says har regress badly I just think I just think that’s just who Josh

Hart is man he’s he’s he’s an erratic offensive player which is why he’s a great Nick because his his contributions are mostly based off the hustle stats getting on the boards getting out transition the deflections playing tough playing physical and then yeah when he’s knocking down his shots he becomes a

Really really impactful player but when he’s not that’s when things become tricky and I think in the playoffs when you’re looking at attacking and Nick’s weaknesses I don’t think these guys are even going to guard him in the half court facts Mo I wish Jericho Sims was

Acting more productive for this team you getting enough you got enough centers man Sims Sims is my guy but you got enough from the center rotation right now where you know I I don’t really think they need Jericho they need more Wings they need OG they need julus

Randle that’s Point Blank period I’m not worried about the fourth string center right now definitely not worried about that but shout out to Jer go um you know maybe gets an opportunity whether it’s with the Knicks or somewhere else shout out to him but it’s just tricky man like let’s look

At let’s take a look at Josh Hart’s shooting numbers salute to everybody in the chat and Bleacher Report app CP the franchise here reporting in from uh Florida okay here we go yeah let’s take a look at Josh hard shooting numbers by the month I mean he

Had a good November he’s at 46% from the field only 30 from three December is where December is where he really started to take off 46 from the field 37 from three January 40 from the field 24% from three February 40 from the field 34% from three and then March about 40 from

The field 25 from three so so you know it’s just up and down man it it’s just been up and down for Josh Hart but I I would think you know I would say February was was certainly his best month and it had to be because that was when Julius Randle

Julius Randle went down in January I believe January 18th was the date of the uh of the Randall injury and that’s pretty much from there on where Josh Hart really had to assert himself as a shot Creator and as a score to J Martin 05 he says you uh do you

Have your eye on any Nicks prospects and marks Madness yeah we’re going to do a whole show on on March Madness and talk about some of the key prospects and some of the key talent for the Knicks to keep an eye on because uh the Knicks do have two draft picks in

The upcoming draft the Dallas pick is getting ready to convey this year and so right now we look at on taton they have the 18th pick and the 23rd so that’s cool you know get in there and get uh maybe get some Center depth in the event

That that you lose I or you got to trade Mitch it’s it a stretch five that would be nice more Wing depth absolutely you know two3 hybrid 34 hybrid I think that would be great for them more defense and more shooting see if they can catch a diamond in the

Rough jig man Porter when hardt is on a not tired great Gulu guy tired and shot off hard hate to say a liability yeah that is a tricky Dynamic with Josh Hart I I can’t remember a player like on the Knicks that had that type of polarizing impact

You know for on the positive and on the negative I I I I can’t remember where like when they’re on they’re great for this team and when they’re off it’s tough because even at full strength he has to be the glue guy he has to be the

Six-man so you know whether Julius and and and OJ or there or not Josh Hart is still a vital part of this team he’s he’s one of the guys tibs trust the most so he’s going to be a factor in closing time because he can do so many things he

Can play make he can play tough he can play physical he can play defense he he can um rebound best rebounding guard in the game but yeah I really can’t think I I really can’t think of a Nick that had that type of polarizing impact so we’re just going to have to

See man we’re just G to have to see how we get it out the mud CP the franchise here on the bleach Report app back tomorrow for post scheme live Nicks versus the Sacramento Kings we will have a play-by-play live tomorrow as well big game as we said Nick’s coming up going

Up against that uh that King’s team and when we look at the standings in the west and take a look at what the Kings got going on right now the kings are in that playing hunt they’re right there at number seven they’re playing team but you got the Suns right

There tied the Lakers one and a half games back Golden State I think is going to be probably right there you know Golden State’s not going to catch Sacramento and then Sacramento they’re trying to I’m sure they’re trying to get out of the playin territory there and they’re one game back a

Fifth they one game back in the bat for fifth I’m not sure who has the tiebreaker there between Sacramento and the Mavericks but I say that to say they’re going to be coming in number one for revenge against the Knicks and number two also on that grind for the final

Stretch tomorrow’s gonna be a tough game between Fox AB bonis Nicks better be ready to play and then after that it’s off it’s off to the road you go so they got to hold on to everybody in the chat like I said man we’ll be back tomorrow for play-by-play live as well

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Well CJ one of the play theme results dropping we got to check we got to check I going to get to the poll in just a minute but yeah playoff roll out we got the playoff merge coming up watch party coming up it’s gonna be a busy busy time

In this month of April for kftv so stay tuned for that we’ll drop the announcement at some point today Lopez 104 got to do something in DC and Charlotte next year yeah I promise my people in the QC Charlotte absolutely we are getting down there Orlando I did say

Orlando hey could be could could be this year in Orlando based on how the playoff matchups look right now and uh DC definitely definitely got to do a DC trip and just just head up and down uh the east coast and tap in with the

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