Knicks Dominate The Champion Nuggets In New York’s 5th Straight Win | New York Knicks

Knicks Dominate The Champion Nuggets In New York’s 5th Straight Win | New York Knicks

THE KNICKS POST GAME SHOW IS PRESENTED BY AUDI. JALEN BRUNSON ONE OF SIX KNICKS WITH DOUBLE FIGURES. ANUNOBY HE WAS FANTASTIC TONIGHT, SIX STEALS. AND THE KNICKS BEAT THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. DO THE RURARITHMETIC, BY 38 POI. PETER ALONG WITH WALLEYE, ALAN HAWN AND MONICA BARNETT WILL JOIN US SHORTLY.

WIRE OO WIRE, THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER WIN, YOU’RE BEATING THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. YOU’RE DESTROYING THE DEFENDING CHAMPS. WHAT DO YOU HAVE? I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY HONESTLY. I’M SPEECHLESS. I WANT TO SAY I SAW THIS COMING, BUT I DIDN’T REALLY SEE THIS COMING BECAUSE THIS DENVER TEAM

IS AS GOOD OF A TEAM OUT THERE IN THE NBA, AND IT JUST SHOWS HOW GOOD THIS KNICKS TEAM CAN PLAY ESPECIALLY AT HOME. I LOVE THE WAY THEY SET THE TONE IN THAT FIRST QUARTER. THEIR FOCUS, THEIR PREPARATION. THE COACHING STAFF HAD THEM SO

PREPARED UNDER THIS GAME GOING UP AGAINST THE DEFENDING CHAMPS THAT THEY JUST DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THE KNICKS. I WAS WAITING AT SOME POINT FOR DENVER TO FIGURE OUT WE’RE GOING TO MAKE A RUN, WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS UNDER TEN, WE’RE GOING

TO MAKE THIS A GAME, START ONE APPEARANCE HERE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. NO, KNICKS WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. THAT WAS AN OUTSTANDING WIRE TO WIRE PERFORMANCE. IT’S THEIR BIGGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY. REMEMBER THEY BEAT PHILLY BY 36. THIS WAS A WIN BY 38. IT’S THE NUGGETS WORST LOSS,

WALLEYE, SINCE 2015. AND THE KEY IN A LOT OF WAYS AS YOU MENTION WAS HOW THE KNICKS STARTED THE GAME INCLUDING HOW THEY SHOT. NINE MADE THREES IN THE FIRST HALF. WELL, THAT WILL DEBILITATE ANOTHER TEAM. THE OFFENSE WAS SO GOOD. THE AGGRESSIVENESS EVERY KNICK PLAYER WAS PLAYING WITH.

THEY COMPLETELY GOT DENVER ON THEIR HEELS. AND I’VE GOT TO BE HONEST DENVER WAS NOT READY TO PLAY. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME YOU COULD SEE JAMAL MURRAY YOU COULD SEE HE WAS LIKE, OH, BOY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG NIGHT.

FINDING THEIR RHYTHM, KNOCKING DOWN SHOTS, AND IT WAS LIKE AN AVALANCHE THAT KEPT COMING FOR THE KNICKS, SHOTS FALLING, GREAT PLAY ALL AROUND. IT WAS JUST AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. YOU MENTION THE BENCH. FOR THE GAME THE KNICKS OUTSCORE THE NUGGETS BENCH 40-22. BUT KEY ADVANTAGE OUTSCORING THE DENVERS BENCH 17-4.

HERE’S NOW ALAN WITH DONTE DiVINCENZO. DONTE, YOU GUYS ARE PLAYING THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS IN THE GARDEN, WHAT WAS THE GAME PLAN TO THE START? WE KNEW WHAT IT WAS THERE ON A LONG ROAD TRIP, LAST GAME IN A LONG ROAD TRIP, SO YOU HAD TO COME OUT AND KIND OF PUNCH FIRST

AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEY LAY DOWN. THEY STILL PUT UP A FIGHT, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE PLAY FOR A FULL 48 AND THAT’S ALL YOU CAN ASK FOR. IT FELT LIKE ALSO ALONG WITH THE DEFENSE THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING WAS A BIG FACTOR. FIVE THREE POINTERS MADE IN THAT FIRST QUARTER.

WHAT GOT THE RHYTHM GOING? JUST GETTING OFF THE BALL, KNOWING THEIR COVERAGE, TRUSTING ONE ANOTHER, AND CATCHING AND SHOOT. JUST KNOWING IF THEY’RE HANDS DOWN, LET IT FLY AND YOU LIVE WITH THE RESULTS. LATE JALEN BRUNSON’S DUCK. THAT WAS WEAK. IT WAS WEAK. TOUGH CROWD HERE, BILL.

BACK TO YOU. YOU CAN SAY THAT ONE IS BETTER THAN ZERO. THAT IS OUTSTANDING. THE CHEMISTRY IN THE LOCKER ROOM IT’S SO SPECIAL, AND IT’S SO COOL TO HAVE GUYS WHO PLAYED IN COLLEGE TOGETHER. BUT THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. WHEN YOU’RE ROLLING, WHEN YOU’RE

WINNING GAMES, CHIRPING EACH OTHER AND HAVING FUN LIKE THAT. JALEN BRUNSON IS HAVING AN UNBELIEVABLE SEASON. HE CAN’T EVEN CATCH A BREAK WHEN HE CATCHES A DUNK, IT’S AWESOME. THE KNICKS DRAFT MADE 15-38. DONTE DiVINCENZO WENT 4 OF 9. AND THIS A STARRY HIGHLIGHT. WHAT AN ACZUSITION I KEEP

SAYING IT. ALL SEASON SO UNDERRATED. FITS IN SEAMLESSLY, GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT STARTING JOB, AND HE HAS NOT LOOKED BACK. HE FITS PERFECTLY WITH THIS STARTING LINE-UP, THE WAY HE’S AGGRESSIVE KNOCKING DOWN SHOTS HAS JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE KNICKS NEED AROUND JALEN BRUNSON AND JULIUS RANDLE.

THEY JOIN US FROM THE COURT. ALAN, WE’RE WATCHING THE GAME TOGETHER AND WE’RE LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING. I MEAN THIS IS REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE CONTEXT OF WHO THE KNICKS’ OPPONENT WAS TONIGHT. RIGHT, BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT DONTE DiVINCENZO SAID TO ME

AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THAT INTERVIEW THE GAME PLAN WAS WE KNOW THEY’RE AT THE END OF A ROAD TRIP, PUNCH FIRST AND SEE IF THEY LAY DOWN. MONICA, THEY KIND OF HAD A FEELING THIS MIGHT BE A ROAD WEARY TEAM SO LET’S JUMP ON THEM

AND NOT WASTE ANY TIME. AND THEY DID THAT. PREGAME WE HEARD TOM THIBODEAU DISCUSS THE CONTEXT. NOBODY CARES, NOBODY’S WINING OVER YOU — OVER IT. AND SO THE KNICKS DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. YOU GET TEN GUYS IN THE SCORING COLUMN, THE BALL IS MOVING.

YOU GIVE THAT BENCH UNIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CONFIDENCE OR PRECIOUS ACHUWA. AND AGAIN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THE BENCH HAD TO BUILD OFF OF, WHICH WAS A REALLY STRONG FOURTH QUARTER EFFORT IN BROOKLYN THAT SETUP THE ABILITY FOR THE KNICKS TO MAKE THAT COMEBACK WIN. CONFIDENCE COMES FROM DEMONSTRATED PERFORMANCE.

YOU HAVE THAT. BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT O.J. ANUNOBY ALSO HERE? SHALL WE? BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PUNCHING FIRST IT’S NOT JUST KNOCKING DOWN THREES, IT’S OFFENSIVELY. HE DID THAT. SIX STEALS, HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. HE WAS WRECKING THE GAME

BASICALLY FOR JAMAL MURRAY, ALMOST MAKING HIM QUIT A LITTLE BIT. HE HAD SUCH A GREAT GAME. AND NOW IF I CAN GET THE MATH RIGHT IS IT PLUS 239 THAT HE IS NOW IN 13 GAMES. WOW. GUYS, WITH THE KNICKS. I THINK THAT’S PRETTY GOOD.

I’LL TELL YOU THE KNICKS ARE REALLY DEFENDING HOME COURT, TOO. THIS BUILDING IS BECOMING NOT A FUN PLACE FOR OPPOSING TEAMS TO PLAY. I KNOW IT WAS THE FIFTH GAME OF THEIR ROAD TRIP. THEY WERE NOT ON THE BACK-TO-BACK, THOUGH. THEY HAD A DAY TO PREPARE FOR THIS GAME.

BUT THE KNICKS THE WAY THEY SET THE TONE EARLY ON WITH THEIR DEFENSE, AND WHEN THOSE SHOTS START TO FALL IT CAN BE DEMORALIZING EVEN FOR A GREAT TEAM LIKE THE DENVER NUGGETS, AND THAT’S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT. GUYS, SKBRALEN BRUNSON’S DUNK MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HIGHLY RATED

BY DONTE DiVINCENZO BUT HIS 13 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. HIS FOOTWORK, ANYTHING THERE HE DID NOT GET NAMED AS A STARTER FOR ALL-STAR, BUT HE IS AN ALL-STAR, AND HE’S GOING TO BE NAMED ONE NEXT WEEK. YOU’VE GOT TO BELIEVE IT. YOU SAW THE MEDIA VOTE, THE

PLAYER VOTE. YOU EXPECT HE’S GOING TO BE AN ALL-STAR. HIS FOOTWORK IS ALMOST PERFECT, AND IN HIS FIRST HALF YOU SAW IT ON THE PLAY. I MADE A SONG. YOU WANT TO SING IT FOR US? THAT MAN’S AN ALL-STAR, HE BETTER BE AN ALL-STAR. MAKE SURE HE’S AN INDY. YOU LIKE MY SONG?

I DO. YOU WANT TO SING IT WITH ME? I THINK YOU HANDLED IT QUITE WELL. ARE YOU CRACKING JOKES OR APPRECIATING MY SONG? WAIT, WALLEYE RATE THE SONG. YOU HEARD DONTE RATE THE DUNK. RATE THE SONG. PERFECT. THE SONG’S A 10. THE EXECUTION MAYBE A 2 1/2.

BUT SHE WAS OFF-KEY. SHE SOUNDS GREAT. ALAN AND MONICA, WE APPRECIATE IT AS ALWAYS. WE’LL SEE YOU SOON. I GIVE IT AN “A” FOR EFFORT, HOW’S THAT? IT’S PRETTY GOOD. OFF-THE-CUFF ON CAMERA, YOU GOT NOTHING LIKE THAT.

The Knicks game ready to play a road weary Nuggets team and took advantage of their rest and the home crowd. OG Anunoby scored 26 points and NBA All-Star Jalen Brunson scored 21 in the 122-84 win. The Knicks have defeated the champion Nuggets team 3 times this season, and this win makes it 5 in a row for New York.

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