ESPN’s Stephen A. “concerned” Jalen Brunson suffering knee injury as Knicks beat Cavaliers 107-98

ESPN’s Stephen A. “concerned” Jalen Brunson suffering knee injury as Knicks beat Cavaliers 107-98

10798 hello everybody we welcome you into the Delta mhd Studios alen H with Wally zerak and Monica mcnut will join us momentarily and W it’s all you can say about this performance by the Knicks 47 seconds into the game they lose jayen Brunson on what is being called a sore

Left knee more on that later but from there it seemed like every corner of the Nick roster someone stepped up big tonight for this win heroic effort all around the domination on the boards 47 to 39 this is a big CLE team this is exactly how the Knicks beat Cleveland in

The playoffs last year they just outmanned them they outworked them and they played harder and this game they were absolutely outstanding I give Duce McBride so much credit he was called into action immediately in that game and he was ready to go 16 big points hit the

Big shot in the fourth quarter to help seal that game what can you say about the the Villanova Knicks Dante dant chenzo Josh Hart outstanding performances Josh Hart with a triple double Dante dienzo 28 points just absolutely carrying the offense at times and key contributions from bogdanovic

With 20 points and also Alec Burks with eight points in 11 minutes those points are big especially with no jayen Brunson Julius Randle o anobi and Mitchell Robinson in the lineup yeah and those guys actually were on the trip which is a big part of the story tonight

Certainly as well but this game was all about different Heroes at different moments as while he talked about and in the fourth quarter it was really about making big shots when it mattered and obviously some timely defense as well it was outstanding it really was this team comes together they absolutely find a

Way they were down two going into the third quarter this is third quarter now yes and then to start the third quarter they just got going Dante dienzo he hadit 16 points in that third quarter he was just lighting it up precious suu had 10 points in the first 6 minutes of that

Third quarter the ball movement was outstanding it was all about making each other better running good unselfish offense boam BD vov comes in the lineup doesn’t settle for threes gets buckets in the mid-range has 20 points off the bench that were just crucial and huge and then Josh Hart just takes it right

Down Broadway finishes with the coast to coast layup he played with such a amazing heart this was an outstanding win for the Knicks 46 minutes he played is there a Broadway in Cleveland I’m not sure but I know exactly what you’re talking about here look at the three-point shooting from both teams 16

Threes for the Knicks and the rebounding big for the Knicks as well 4739 remember they were given up a lot of size in the front line but still did what they do best in the league and that is get on the boards let’s now go to Cleveland and

Bring in Monica mcnut who was on the call on the MSG radio network on 987 ESPN and and Monica as much as we want to talk about how this game ended we should probably begin with how it started in 47 seconds into the game Jaylen Brunson lipping off the court was

Nothing any Nick fan wanted to see what do you know about that situation so I have to give uh a tip of the cap to my radio partner tonight John Ganon who got us through that entire scenario because I was clutching my pearls was without

Word was in shock myself and so John got us through that I will say this don’t want to speculate but we asked Dante dienzo about how that moment impacted the team in the first quarter and he just said to us that’s our guy we’re confident that he’s going to get back

And of course it was next men up and we had to step up and so we did that so that’s all I got and of course we all are hoping for the best news as this team moves forward into that four game home stretch uh coming up yeah Amen to

That uh Monica hopefully jaylen’s okay what did you see as far as the Knicks dominating the paint you talked about the paint in the pregame dominating the boards against that big Cleveland Cavalier team so JB bicker staff said pregame that this team is susceptible when they have to rotate and help for

Penetration and so all the times tonight Wally where we saw either Dante Duce even Josh keep their dribble alive and get to that Baseline penetration and then spray the ball to the opposite side The Bigs had to react and so that was really really effective tonight in terms

Of getting three-point shots that were quality looks late in the ball game the Knicks shoot 41% from three and they shot the ball with such tremendous confidence that and I really liked bogdanovich taking advantage of his size with his matchup until he hit that three I believe in the third quarter he had

Really been eaten off of his mid-range game which also speaks to the activity in the paint and y’all 19 rebounds for Josh come on now it doesn’t get much better than that yeah I was going there next Monica because when you bring up Josh Hart and everything that he’s done

In the previous game played 47 minutes and 10 seconds almost the entire game against Golden State and all he does in this game you know he got a little lazy tonight only 46 minutes in this game but you mentioned the triple double and 19 rebounds for a guy whose last name says

It all about the type of player he is doesn’t it it does and I actually was sort of taken a back at how focused JB Bickerstaff was on Josh in the pregame when I asked him about guarding a guy like that I mean guys if not for

Injuries Josh is still one of your league guards off of the bench right and so in the starting lineup he’s really catching teams and catching opponent’s ey it’s not necessarily a single thing that you can stop him on offensively but you understand the energy and the way

That his energy impacts this ball game and tonight was a terrific demonstration of that tip of the cap to Josh indeed we all should go uh meatless for a week in honor of Josh Hart’s performance I’m with you on that one Monica what about Duce McBride the way

He came out there and absolutely played outstanding basketball pressed right into action in the first 30 seconds of the game what did you see from him just being ready and absolutely orchestrating and running and controlling the team Poise and as much as we’ll talk about his 16 points his defense on Darius

Garland although Darius got loose there when he this team cut the lead to single digits but he dogged Darius Garland in terms of making it as difficult as possible and in fact I believe it was a moment of Pride for for him to go back on the other end and score versus Darius

Himself the two of them have similar builds but I just thought he showed a level of poise as a third-year guy that you have to acknowledge and Dante even said it you know when you’re a guy that’s not in the rotation consistently in terms of consistent minutes it takes the utmost preparation and

Professionalism to be prepared and that’s what dece brought tonight I loved Han talking about all the different Heroes and a hero comes along I pulled up the lyrics to that song cuz I know we can’t sing but I feel like it’s appropriate for tonight’s game you got

It already in my head now I’m going to be singing that song to myself but Monica obviously again one of these nights probably the most fun games to call nights like this so I’m sure you enjoyed it thanks so much for the time get home safe we’ll see you Tuesday

Thanks guys all right well Wally you know as as Monica my mom just texted there is a Broadway in Cleveland Broadway Avenue there is a Broadway Avenue okay see there you go thank you Mar appreciate it um but when we talk about these games 21 games to go now

Wally and we’ll find out about Jaylen Brunson and that’ll have to come after tonight but tonight right now the most important thing and you always talk about this you get the win yes and why is it important Philly won today MH right uh Orlando’s winning they’re

Probably going to win their game as well you lose tonight you drop down out of fourth this win keeps you in the top four these are critical wins right now these are and you know the Knicks stepped up big time obviously no Donovan Mitchell we said that in the pregame

That’s a huge loss for the Cleveland Cavaliers they’re not as scary of a team he is a Cornerstone Superstar Ty player so not having in the him in the lineup was a big break but the Knicks also uh had an injury to Jaylen Brunson that happened 30 seconds in no no All-Star

And Julius Randall and also missing their whole entire front line so there are no excuses in the NBA you go out there you do whatever it takes to get the win and the Knicks produced whereas the Cleveland Cavaliers did not I was surprised at how the Knicks dominated

The interior they dominated Moy and Jared Allen again on the boards those are two big guys and that’s where the Knicks won the game with with their domination in the pinkt and they win the season series against the Cavs two games to one winning both games in Cleveland an ally has been defeated

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ESPN’s Stephen A. “concerned” Jalen Brunson suffering knee injury as Knicks beat Cavaliers 107-98