Knicks are 5-0 after OG Anunoby trade. – Tom Thibodeau: “The spirit of our team is very strong now.”

Knicks are 5-0 after OG Anunoby trade. – Tom Thibodeau: “The spirit of our team is very strong now.”

You just you know continue to play hard each possession you know teams can come back and you always concerned so you’re striving to be a 48 minute team and uh you know a lot of good things we did for three quarters and then fourth quarter not as good as we should

Have yeah it was great great just good Rhythm you know a very aggressive early I thought uh the defensive activity to start the game was real good uh get some turnovers got into the Open Floor then I thought our guys did a really good job of attacking

The zone you know getting into the gaps and then making plays for each other so they created advantages and they shared the ball and then I thought we we were tied together defensively so the rebounding was good um you know we got carolos at you know at the end of the

Half and then in the fourth quarter with the turnovers the well the challenge is like when you know you bring someone in new you know how quickly can everyone adapt and I think in both cases we were playing well before the trades were made so I think that helps too and then everyone’s

Willingness to sacrifice and share with each other so uh each day it doesn’t change the approach just focus on trying to uh get better each and every day put everything you have into each day don’t change that so we know it’s over the course of a season that we the goal is

To be playing our best at the end so there’s still a lot of things that we have to correct and do better no it’s going to be you know each day he’s more comfortable I think he’s putting a lot of time in he’s a great work very serious in his

Approach uh come comes back at night comes early to watch film you know uh he’s done a really good job so and we’ve got a number of guys that are like that so when you get a team that is committed to playing for each other and committed

To uh winning and putting the team first good things come from that you was just saying he feels like watching you guys the last four or five games it feels like they playing faster no matter what the stats say um that would obviously be

Since the trade is that true and is it a conscious thing no not really I I think it’s part part true like from the standpoint of you know like we we’ve been always stress that like people don’t realize you know they sometimes say you know like oh you play Slow no we

Don’t look if you look at the numbers you would know that you know coach I mean just looking forward you got luk and Kyrie coming up talk about the type of challeng well I think you you know you’re to talking about you know two great players

You know um both are great off the dribble and then great with their shot and then very unselfish and know know how to make plays for for for their team and they don’t fight the double team like so if you double them they they’re going to be creative with how they get

The ball out um so that puts a lot of pressure on you um so we’re going to have to be at our best I know last year was last year what stands out from that game that you played in Dallas last year got 60 they came back yeah probably you

Know we had everyone out in that game and it came down to I remember Duce played really well in that game Jericho played really well in that game uh and and basically it was a free throw rebound at the end of the game and I think that we had some calls go against

Us late that were incorrect so that I remember it vividly is thatp game’s defensive pres help well you know it’s it’s going to help but it it’s going to be require more than just that you know it’s got to be our entire team committed to it can you talk about the defense of

The entire team even in the five games since he’s joined I not just him but I think it’s the third time you had 100 points or less and yeah you know in some like I said you know you have to look at we started off the season playing great defense and

Then sometimes it’s what you’re walking into if you’re walking into high-scoring teams your goal is to you know obviously to play great defense but to hold hold them below their average and that’s what what I measure so and you you don’t have it you can have a stretch you can take a

Snippet out of a season and you can make it say whatever you would like it to say the the challenge is to do it consistently from the start to the end and keep focused on improving and so that’s where we are so this is a good stretch but there’s still there’s a lot

Of things that sometimes it’s a Miss shot that’s you know wide open too so there’s there’s a variance to the shot making but I think I the spirit of the team is really strong right now and the togetherness and the commitment to each other is very strong and then we got to

Keep it there in the locker room juliia best defensive outing of the Season here holding the Blazers to just 84 points I mean it looks like defensively this team is on a string how would you describe the connectivity that we’re seeing um I think we’re just you know playing for

Each other on both ends of the floor uh guys are doing a great job of you know being active on that end getting stops um being very immature teammates you know I think immaturity helps us on the defense end too so interesting that might be a first

That I’ve ever heard that but I mean on that note obviously clearly there’s a chemistry in here that’s a lot of fun how would you describe what this group is kind of going through right now um we’re play we’re playing good basketball winning games um yeah I like what we’re doing

Yeah all right you know it’s worth pointing out when the Knicks blew out Philly Rand scored eight points tonight they blow out Portland the next Jaylen Brunson scored only 12 and he went only one of seven from three shows the depth here in terms of contribution and honestly Julius Randall and Jaylen

Brunson they don’t care they just want to get the W and the fact that other guys are stepping up having great performances that’s what a great locker room has and we saw it in the interview with Rebecca and Julius like they’re having fun in that locker room and

There’s no better feeling as a player when you’re in a locker room when it has great chemistry you’re having fun with each other cracking jokes and you’re coming off 30 and 40 Point wins I mean that is what it’s all about that is a really good feeling and that locker room

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Knicks are 5-0 after OG Anunoby trade. – Tom Thibodeau: “The spirit of our team is very strong now.”