Banged-Up Knicks Fall To Pacers In Homestand Final | New York Knicks

Banged-Up Knicks Fall To Pacers In Homestand Final | New York Knicks

125-111 WAS THE LOSS TONIGHT. WE WELCOME YOU IN. ALAN HAHN WITH WALLY SZCZERBIAK. THE KNICKS WERE TOO SMALL. WITH THE NEW FACES, YES. THEY MADE AN IMPACT IN THE GAME BUT ARE MISSING A LOT OF PIECES. Kenny: ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN NOT BEING OUT THERE. MITCHELL ROBINSON HASN’T BEEN

OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME. THE DEFENSE IS ABOUT THE PERSONNEL. HE DOESN’T HAVE THE SHOT BLOCKING PRESENCE THAT ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN HAS. ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN MISSING THE GAME. REMEMBER, THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED NINE GAMES AGO, HE HAD 19 REBOUNDS. THE KNICKS DOMINATED THE BOARDS.

THIS GAME, 31 REBOUNDS. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE MORE THAN SOMEWHERE IT WAS NOTICED. THE PACERS, WITH MYLES TURNER NOT MISSING A SHOT. 62 POINTS IN THE PAINT. I HATE TO HARP ON IT BUT IT WAS THE STORY OF THE GAME. Clyde: THE PACERS, THEY HAD A GREAT GAME PLAN.

THEY REALLY DID. THEY KNEW THE KNICKS MADE A NEW TRADE AND FIGURED WHEN THE BENCH UNIT COMES OUT AND JALEN BRUNSON IS NOT ON THE FLOOR THAT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND MAKE PLAYS. T.J. McCONNELL, HE DIDN’T MISS A SHOT. HE MIGHT HAVE MISSED ONE.

JUST ATTACKING THE PAINT. GETTING INTO THE PAINT WHENEVER HE WANTED. WITHOUT THE RIM PROTECTOR AND SHOT BLOCKER THAT TOM THIBODEAU HAS TO ANCHOR HIS DEFENSE, THAT IS WHERE THE KNICKS DID A GOOD JOB. THEY MADE HALF OF THEIR THREES. WHO CARES ABOUT FREE THROWS WHEN YOU ARE MAKING THREES AT THAT CLIP.

THE KNICKS WITH JALEN BRUNSON BACK IN THE LINEUP. THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN THE GAME. FINAL POSSESSION, TYRESE HALIBURTON. LOOK AT THIS STEP-BACK. KNOCKS IT DOWN AT THE BUZZER. SUDDENLY IT IS A NINE-POINT DEFICIT FOR THE KNICKS GOING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER.

AND THEN THIS IS WHERE THE GAME GOT AWAY FROM THE KNICKS. HOW ABOUT ISAIAH JACKSON. YOU MENTIONED T.J. McCONNELL. THEY KBUT KNICKS WERE TIRED. THEY REALLY RAN IT DOWN THE NEW YORK KNICKS THROATS. 61% SHOOTING. THE 30 ASSISTS AS WELL. THE KNICKS, A SEASON-LOW.

NO TEAM SHOT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN THE PACERS DID IN THE GAME. IT WAS CERTAINLY A STRUGGLE, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. THERE WAS GOOD NEWS. JALEN BRUNSON ONLY MISSED A GAME AFTER IT WAS JUST TUESDAY WHEN HE PLAYED AGAINST THE GRIZZLIES. HE ROLLED THE ANKLE. EVERYBODY GASPED.

THE ONE GUY YOU KNOW THE KNICKS CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE. MISSED ONE GAME. HE HAD HIMSELF ANOTHER ALL-STAR PERFORMANCE. 39 POINTS. 37 MINUTES. DID NOT MISS A FREE THROW. Kenny: OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE. SHORTER, TALLER, BIGGER, STRONGER DEFENDERS. IT DOES NOT MATTER. 6’2″, THE WAY HE SCORES AROUND

THE BASKET IS SO UNCANNY WHAT HE CAN DO WITH THE BASKETBALL. IT WAS A PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE. THE KNICKS SCORED POINTS. THEY GOT TO 111 POINTS. THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD OFFENSIVE GAME. IT WAS NICE TO SEE JALEN BRUNSON BACK IN THE LINEUP. HE DID NOT SETTLE FOR THREES.

UNFORTUNATE THAT IT ENDED IN A LOSS. THE PACERS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS. THEY WANT TO BE A FACTOR IN THE EAST. IF THE KNICKS WILL COMPETE WITH TEAMS LIKE THIS THEY NEED TO BE HEALTHY. THAT IS WHAT THIS TRADE AT THE DEADLINE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

I LOVE THE AGGRESSIVENESS HE CAME IN TO PLAY WITH. THEY NEED GUYS LOOKING TO SHOOT AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. ALEC BURKS HIT THE THREES IN THE QUARTER THAT WAS A GREAT SIGN TO SEE HIM SO COMFORTABLE WITH HIS KNICKS TEAM. GREAT DEBUT FOR ALEC BURKS. THIS WAS REALLY A NICE EFFORT BY

HIM. BOGDANOVIC HIT BIG SHOTS. IT IS A GREAT IN ADDITION TO THE SQUAD. YOU CAN SEE THE 4 OF 7 FROM DOWNTOWN. BOGDANOVIC IS THE OTHER ONE. TOM THIBODEAU ALMOST PLAYED HIM AT THE FIVE TO OPEN UP THE RIM FOR JALEN BRUNSON.

YOU CAN SEE THAT SWEET STROKE. HE IS A VETERAN THAT IS GOING TO COMPETE. ADDING HIM TO THE KNICKS’ OFFENSE IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL. THEY ARE GOING TO FIND WAYS TO GET HIM THE BALL WHERE HE WANTS IT AND NEEDS IT. JOSH HART, IMMEDIATE IMPACT. OG ANUNOBY, IMMEDIATE IMPACT.

THAT IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. BOGDANOVIC AND BURKS, YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE ASKED TO DO A LOT MORE. WHEN JOSH HART CAME TO THE TEAM HE WAS THE PERFECT FIT WITH WHAT THE KNICKS NEEDED. OG ANUNOBY, THE SAME WAY. JALEN BRUNSON AND JULIUS RANDLE,

THEY WERE PLAYING LIKE ALL-STARS. NOW THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE THE PERFECT FITS WHEN JULIUS RANDLE AND EVERYONE GETS BACK IN THE LINEUP. BUT FOR NOW THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY OUT OF POSITION AND DO MORE THAN THEY ARE USED TO DOING BECAUSE THE KNICKS ARE SO

UNDER MANNED. 33 MINUTES FOR BOGDANOVIC TOO. OBVIOUSLY THEIR ROLES GOING FORWARD WHEN THE TEAM IS AT FULL HEALTH WILL BE FILLING IN. THEY ARE GOING TO BE SCORING AND SHOOTING. OVERALL TOM THIBODEAU KNOWS THEY CAN CREATE OFFENSE ALSO. HE WILL CREATE OFFENSE AND RUN THE TEAM AT TIMES.

FRUSTRATING NIGHT FOR THE KNICKS AND FRUSTRATING END TO

Jalen Brunson made his return to the line-up and scored 39 points in a frustrating 125-111 loss to the Pacers at The Garden. The Knicks have lost three of four games following their 9 game win streak. The Knicks will head on a road trip before the NBA All-Star Break.

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Banged-Up Knicks Fall To Pacers In Homestand Final | New York Knicks