ESPN react to Knicks are now 5-0 since OG Anunoby trade after blowing out Trail Blazers 112-84

ESPN react to Knicks are now 5-0 since OG Anunoby trade after blowing out Trail Blazers 112-84

Zerak Allen Han and Monica mcnut will join us shortly doesn’t get any better than this these are dominant wins for the Knicks and now a season best season best seven games above 500 22 and 15 it’s your best offensive outing we emphasized the D in the pregame show

Holding an opponent 84 points their previous best defensive effort was holding the opposition to 91 points all good everywhere you look all good everywhere you look a dominating performance at home when teams come into this building the Knicks have to establish that it is going to be

Impossible to get a win especially when you’re a young rebuilding team like the Portland Trailblazers Nicks everyone that stepped out there on the floor they’re doing their job they’re playing like professionals and they are just taking care of business one possession at a time this coaching staff has

Completely retooled this team in a short amount of time with a trade and losing a big piece in Mitchell Robinson and this team’s playing its best basketball that I think they’ve played in years they are so tight on both ends of the floor it’s really fun to watch and I know the fans

Can really appreciate it too we’ve talked a lot about the intangibles by Og anobi but tonight he put the points up take a look at his numbers Wally with the 23 points and we talk about his efficiency he only needed 12 shots to get his 23 points it’s so fun to watch

It barely even looks like he breaks a sweat out there honestly I mean he just goes goes through what he’s capable of especially on the offensive end of the floor this type of game it feels really good when you have that Breakout game with your new team key for anobi was a

16 points in the first quarter Knicks were up by 16 after the first 12 minutes and never look back you look now at Miles McBride he had the 16 points uh that’s a season high for him and one of the key aspects to the Knicks game while

It was away they shared the ball and that’s really one of the things that we’ve been seeing since the acquisition of OG anobi over the last five games yeah in the first half 15 assists on 20 field goals Duce McBride was a big big beneficiary of those he is shooting the

Ball at a astounding clip I mean astounding is carrying all over the place by the New York Knicks it is just great to see the way this team is playing 26 assists on 37 field goals Julius Randall is making all the right plays I’m telling you there is more room

For Julius Randall to operate and to read double teams and make passes because of the floor being so spaced adding a shoot shooter like OG anobi out there and then Quinton Grimes has really found his stroke comfortable coming off the bench knocking down shots Duce McBride knocking down shots Josh CH the

Glue that’s bringing it all together I mean that is just the dominating performance in win also got to mention Wally Isaiah hardenstein with 14 rebounds three more steals we talked about his contribution and how he’s evolved into a really big time starting center as he’s gotten his opportunity he

Was key as well tonight as the Knicks now blow out the Blazers by the count of 112 to 84 all right we’re going to try and check in with Allan and Monica Alan let us start with you it does not get much more dominating than it has been here

Over the last handful of games no it hasn’t and the way they handled this game too is something to also talk about because this group you heard Julius ranold speak of what is now a 15-1 record against teams with a losing record that come in especially when they

Come in the building and it’s what he said was we don’t play with our food and that’s a mentality that you it sounds simple right oh you’re supposed to beat the teams you’re supposed to beat but we’ve seen in the NBA that doesn’t always happen you sometimes come out a

Little soft against them but 15-1 is the second best record now in the NBA with teams with a losing record the only other team better than that the defending Champions the Denver Nuggets they’re 18-0 against teams under 500 and you got to take care of your business

And that’s what they have been doing and to me again with Randle saying that it shows you the mentality of this group and a toughness that we we saw at the beginning this isn’t anything new but man is it all just starting to come together now with this group and the

Defense I mean holding it team now under 90 points you their defensive rating that we discussed by the way in the pregame after the trade but also in the month of January it’s the best in the league after a month in December where it was 30th in the league can you really

Just flip a switch it’s very possible when it’s just kind of the right fit and Wally you said it and I really buy into this there’s more room on the floor for Brunson and Randall now there’s a little more defensive mindset and then the unselfishness just becomes almost secondary because they’re all just

Trying to make the right play so the mood in the building you could feel it while we talked about it how the crowd even feels like confident in what this team can do and then it shows on the court with the way this team’s playing this is a really good basketball team

Right now and they take care of business against good teams like we just saw with them beating the Sixers on the Sixers home floor but also in the last two games against teams with a losing record they don’t waste any time they get right to work in that first quarter this game

Felt like it was over 5 minutes in I agree Allan that Sixers performance was really eye openening blowing them off the floor on their home floor and then to come back and back it up with two dominant wins against teams that you should win and to do it in convincing

Fashion this is this team has a Swagger and they’re playing with a confidence that is really fun to watch you know you talked about it in the building I was in the building and I’m sitting back watching the crowd and they’re just watching this game expecting their team

To win and it’s been a long time since the Knicks have had that type of dominance especially on their home floor and it’s good to see the way they’re playing Allan how about the contribution Off the Bench to me I thought it was really key that McBride in his first

Rotation six minutes scored eight points that was really important and if he can provide quality minutes behind Brunson that is going to be another impact from this trade with no RJ and no quickly and getting McBride more minutes that’s just going to be critical if he can

Contribute the way he has been here in recent games wasn’t that the biggest question right the biggest question after the trade was how do they make up for the the points off the bench that you lost when you move on from Emanuel quickly to 15 points a game and well you

Know but between obviously Quinton Grimes but also Duce McBride because he had never played this role fulltime before they gave him the role they gave him a contract extension they put confidence in him and you start to see the confidence come out of him certainly

As well and I think that’s also says a lot about the coaching staff and how they are quietly developing players even the guys that aren’t playing a lot you don’t see it but what what you do in the dark shows in the light and so all those

Minutes and all that extra time that Duce McBride’s been putting in the gym while he hasn’t been playing getting himself ready for this opportunity so when it is given to him he’s able to perform confident in his shooting we know the defense is there as well and if

He can come in and get those minutes like you saw and you said it too was late first quarter he comes in Brunson goes out to get his rest early first quarter and du McBride comes in and he just starts putting up shots with confidence knocks down gets what eight

Points in six minutes minutes which is great production and was another reason why the Knicks took such a big lead early on all right Monica mcnut now courts side helped call the game on ESPN Radio 98.7 FM Monica your impressions from another dominant Nicks win uh my

Key to the game very simply was nothing statistical it was just focus Dante D chenzo echoed to us postgame on the radio that the key tonight was coming out with Focus especially after that team came off of a pretty good win in Brooklyn so I think as you can as you

And we as this team continues to grow um and be one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference you got to take care of business and that’s what exactly what they did from wire to wire Monica what are your thoughts on it seems like the

Roles on this team after the trade are completely defined no guys are looking over their shoulders worried about minutes who should be finishing the game who should be coming off the bench who should be starting what are your thoughts on the role allocation right now for the team I think the roles are

Clearly defined and it has also allowed them to play Simple right like we knew that Jaylen Brunson and Julius rle are going to have the basketball but I think what I’m seeing in transition Wally makes me really excited and I think that is kind of energizing the team because

Everybody kind of gets their chances the hierarchy is there obviously those are the two guys that we’re hoping to see get nods to go to Indianapolis and be all stars but OG comes in and he’s going to space the floor and I just think the tempo the ball is moving the passing has

Been terrific so I would agree with you that it does seem like there’s more Clarity to go around yeah and that can happen Monica right like with one simple move you know you always wonder can you just wave a magic wand and change the fortunes of a team sometimes you can

Especially when it’s the right fit and this is a team that really was lacking that three and D Wing player that OG anobi has absolutely become and how about the start that he had to this game and it was as if Randle and Brunson were

Like go ahead like you got the hot hand go for it they kept feeding him in those Corner threes which is his trademark he was knocking him down and then everything else just seems to fall into place and we also mentioned Isaiah hardenstein and what he’s been able to

Do and that starting five right now I wouldn’t touch it leave it right the way it is because it’s playing really well Alan Monica we appreciate it uh we will talk to you guys on Thursday the Nicks uh will be on the road at Dallas and then Saturday they are at Memphis guys

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ESPN react to Knicks are now 5-0 since OG Anunoby trade after blowing out Trail Blazers 112-84