Knicks Hold Magic To 74 Points In Shut Down Defensive Performance | New York Knicks

Knicks Hold Magic To 74 Points In Shut Down Defensive Performance | New York Knicks

THE KNICKS POST-GAME SHOW IS PRESENTED BY AUDI, VISIT YOUR TRI-STATE AUDI DEALER TODAY. JALEN BRUNSON IS HEALTHY AND BACK AND HE WENT FOR 26 TONIGHT. JOSH HART ANOTHER BIG GAME, 19 POINTS AND THE PUTBACK JAM RIGHT THERE, JALEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR FORMER E COLLEGE TEAMMATE?

WELL, HE LOVED THAT. THE KNICKS WIN IT 98-74, AND THE BEST DEFENSIVE EFFORT IN THE WHOLE LEAGUE THIS YEAR, AND THE KNICKS’ BEST DEFENSIVE EFFORT IN 12 YEARS. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US FROM THE DELTA MSG STUDIOS FROM THE GARDEN. BILL PIDTO AND ALAN HAHN, AND

ONE OFF OF THE SEASON HIGH, AND THE KNICKS LED WIRE-TO-WIRE, AND THEY HAD BEEN 13 OF 16, AND NOW, THEY NEEDED A MUCH NEEDED WIN, AND BRUNSON IS HEALTHY. THEY MADE A STATEMENT TO THE ORLANDO MAGIC WHO HAVE HAD THEIR NUMBER THIS SEASON, BUT THE

KNICKS SAID IT STOPS RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE GAMES THAT WE HAVE TO GET NO MATTER WHO IS IN THE LINEUP, AND EVERYBODY SHOWED UP TONIGHT, AND THE START OF THE GAME IS THAT STATEMENT KNOCKING DOWN THE THREES WHERE THEY COULD NOT MAKE ONE, AND

THEN THE DEFENSE THE WAY THEY GOT AFTER IT DEFENSIVELY AGAINST THE MAGIC TEAM, AND THEY LET ORLANDO KNOW, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAYOFFS FEELS LIKE THIS, IS IT. AND THEY HAVE BEEN 0-3 AGAINST ATLANTA, AND THEN 16 OF 22 FROM DOWNTOWN AND TONIGHT, THEY WERE 16 OF 33, BUT THE KEY

IS HITTING 8 OF THE FIRST 9. THEY CAME OUT FIRING WITH A PURPOSE, AND FRIENDLY SHOTS FROM THE GARDEN RIMS. BUT THERE IS A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES NOT ONLY IS JALEN BRUNSON BACK IN THE LINEUP, BUT JALEN BRUNSON PUTTING UP THE THREES

AND SHOOTING HIGH EFFICIENCY, AND DIDN’T HAVE TO DO TOO MUCH IN GAME. THE BALL MOVEMENT WAS GREAT. AND DEUCE McBRIDE AND ABOUT THE TO KNOCK DOWN THE THREE, AND HOW GOOD THAT IS GOING FOR HIM, AND DIVINCENZO KNOCKING DOWN THE THREE AS WELL. BUT THAT IS IT.

IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME WITH THREES AND DEFENSE, AND A COUPLE OF GARDEN ROLLS ON THE RIMS. THE LOOK OF THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING, AND THEY MADE 16 AGAINST THE HAWKS ON TUESDAY, BUT THEY NEEDED TO TAKE 19 FEWER TO GET TO THIS 16. AND DEUCE WENT 3 FOR 3, AND

DEUCE McBRIDE IS STANDING BY WITH ALAN HAHN. THANK YOU, BILL. ALL RIGHT. DEUCE, YOU SAW FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU KNEW WHO YOU WERE PLAYING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN ORLANDO, AND WHERE YOU ARE IN THE STANDINGS, AND IT LOOKED LIKE YOU CAME OUT WITH

SOMETHING TO PROVE TONIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOWN IN THE SERIES 0-3, AND THEY HAVE BEEN MORE PHYSICAL THAN US, AND WE WANTED TO BRING THE FIGHT TO THEM, AND WE DID THAT TONIGHT. HOW DO YOU FEEL WHERE YOUR GAME IS RIGHT NOW? WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT YOU

AND HOW YOU HAVE BEEN GETTING CONSISTENT MINUTES AND SOMETIME PLAYING ENTIRE GAME, AND PLAYING A CLEAN GAME, AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PRACTICE FACILITY WHEN YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYING, AND IT IS ALL SEEMING TO COME TOGETHER RIGHT

NOW, AND WHERE ARE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR GAME? I AM IN A GREAT PLACE HONESTLY. IT WAS A GRIND MY FIRST TWO YEARS, BUT I STAYED FAITHFUL TO GOD AND WANTED TO KEEP WORKING ON MY GAME, AND THANKS TO THE ORGANIZATION AND MY TEAMMATES TO KEEP WORKING.

YOU ARE AT A TIME WHEN THE GAMES KEEP COMING, AND THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT, AND YOU ARE GETTING THIS GAME AGAINST ORLANDO AND BACK IN FOURTH PLACE, BUT ANOTHER TWO GAMES AGAINST ANOTHER EASTERN CONFERENCE OPPONENT, PHILADELPHIA 76ers, AND IS THIS THE BEST TIME THE PLAY?

YES, THIS IS WHY WE PLAY AND COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND GREAT GAMES AND COMPETITION, AND WE WANT TO KEEP FIGHTING. DEUCE IS LOOSE, BILL. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. HERE IS THE GAME SUMMARY, THE KNICKS WIN IT 98-74, AND LOOKING AT THE POINTS IN THE PAINT.

THE MAGIC AVERAGE OVER 50 POINTS IN THE PAINT, AND THIS GAME, THEY WENT FOR 26, AND THE KNICKS HAD 36, AND YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THE NUMBERS AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE BEST DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE BY ANY TEAM IN THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR. AND THE KNICKS’ BEST DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE SINCE 2012.

AND WALLY CALLED THE GAME ON THE RADIO SIDE ON 98.7, AND WHAT DID YOU SEE? DON’T LET THIS MAGIC TEAM PUNK YOU AND ATTACK YOU ARE RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE RIM, AND ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN GOT A COUPLE OF BLOCKS, AND SO DID PRECIOUS ACHIUWA, AND THAT SET THE TONE.

THIS MAGIC TEAM PUSHED US AROUND THE FIRST THREE GAMES IN THE SERIES, AND YES, WE WERE BANGED UP AND INJURED, BUT THEY ARE NOT AS SKILLED AS THE NEW YORK KNICKS’ BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND NOT AS GOOD OF JUMP SHOOTERS, AND WE NEEDED TO MATCH THE

PHYSICALITY AND EFFORT, AND WE DID IT TO START THE GAME. AS A RESULT, WE COMPLETELY SENT A MESSAGE TO THIS TEAM THAT THEY WANT NO PART OF US IN THE PLAYOFF-TYPE ATMOSPHERE. THIS IS NOT A PRETTY GAME. YOU HAD TO HIDE YOUR EYES AT

TIMES, BECAUSE THE EXCUSE ON THE OFFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR BY BOTH TEAMS WAS NOT ALWAYS PERFECT, BUT YOU JUST FOUND A WAY TO FIND A WIN, GRIND A WIN, AND SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE TEAM HALF A GAME UP IN THE STANDINGS THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STAY

THERE, ORLANDO, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT SPOT OVER, AND WE WILL FIND OUR GAME ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GUYS ARE HEALTHY, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE THE TEAM TO BEAT IN THE EAST IN THE PLAYOFFS IF WE HAVE HAPPEN TO MEET THIS TEAM. AND WALLY, LOOKING AT THE BOX

SCORE, AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND I THOUGHT OF YOU WITH 26 POINTS ALLOWED IN THE PAINT, AND 26. SOME TEAMS GET THAT IN THE QUARTER OR A HALF, BUT ALSO, 31% SHOOTING. THEY WERE TRYING TO SCORE IN THE PAINT, AND THE KNICKS WERE NOT LETTING THEM DO IT.

31% IN THE PAINT IS EXCELLENT DEFENSE, BUT ANOTHER STORY IN THIS GAME, WALL, IS JALEN BRUNSON BACK ON THE FLOOR. I SAID IT AT HALFTIME, AND I TOLD YOU AT HALFTIME SUNDAY IN CLEVELAND THAT HE WOULD HAVE 17 POINTS AT THE HALF, AND EFFICIENTLY AND BY FRIDAY, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BELIEVED IT.

HIM BACK ON THE FLOOR AND HOW HE LOOKED WAS AMAZING STUFF, WASN’T IT? I THINK THAT WE LOST WALLY, SO WE WILL DISCUSS IT HERE, BILL. SEEING HIM ON THE FLOOR, AND THE WAY HE WAS SHOOTING BASKETBALL, HE LOOKED COMFORTABLE, AND YOU KNOW THAT ORLANDO WAS THROWING THE PIECES AT HIM, AND DOUBLING

HIM, AND BLACK IS A LONG DEFENDER WHO HAS HAD SUCCESS AGAINST JALEN IN THE PAST, AND JALEN LOOK LIKE HE FOUND A RHYTHM IN GAME EARLY ON, AND AS I SAID, THINK ABOUT IT, YOU WERE THERE, AND YOU CALLED THE GAME SUNDAY, AND TO THINK THAT LESS

THAN A WEEK LATER ON THE FLOOR IS REMARKABLE. HE IS ALWAYS ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK, AND THIS IS 11 OF 19 SHOOTING. HE GOES FOR 26 POINTS AS YOU CAN SEE. 4 OF 7 FROM DOWNTOWN. HE WAS GREAT. IT TOOK 19 SHOTS, AND ONLY

19, BUT STILL FOR HIM, IT DID NOT FEEL LIKE HE WAS DOMINATING OFFENSE, AND LOOKING AT THE BALL MOVING REALLY WELL, AND HE WAS PICKING SPOTS IN THE GAME. THAT WAS ALL GREAT TO SEE, AND HAVING HIM BACK IN THE LINEUP AND PLAYING AT THE LEVEL THAT HE

PLAYED AT, AND THE ABILITY TO MISS ONE GAME AND STILL GIVE YOU 28 MINUTES AND GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, 26 POINTS ON GOOD SHOOTING, YOU LOVE THAT, AND THE NEWS BEFORE THE GAME, FROM TOM THIBODEAU OF OG COMING BACK, AND MITCHELL ROBINSON HAVING

BASKETBALL ACTIVITIES AND YOU HAVE A SENSE MAYBE THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, AND DID THE KNICKS GET THROUGH THE INJURY COUPLE OF WEEKS THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH INCLUDING MISSING JALEN BRUNSON A COUPLE OF GAMES. AND NOW, ONE OF THE REASONS THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD IS

PRECIOUS ACHIUWA, AND WHAT A POST-GAME INTERVIEW WITH REBECCA HAARLOW, AND HE IS A GUY WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS CHILDHOOD HERE IN NEW YORK. AND 15 POINT, AND 14 REBOUNDS AND CAREER HIGH 5 BLOCKS AND 2 STEALS AND 4 ASSISTS, AND HE IS PLAYING THE BEST BASKETBALL OF HIS CAREER AND GIVEN THE

OPPORTUNITY HERE. KEY WORD. AND HE HAS MADE THE MOST OF IT. KEY WORD. OPPORTUNITY. AND WHAT HE ALSO HEARD FROM RE REBECCA IS THAT IT IS PERSONAL FOR HIM, AND HE GREW UP HERE AND FOR HIM TO PLAY IN NEW YORK IS A PERSONAL THING.

SO WHEN HE GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY, THERE IS A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA IN HIS GAME. I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE IS STRETCHING AS WELL AND KNOCKING DOWN A COUPLE OF THREES. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN FEEL ABOUT WHEN HE PLAYS. WE HAVE TALKED TO HIM A COUPLE

OF TIMES AND A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HIM SEVERAL TIMES AND THE EMOTION HE SHOWED TO REBECCA IS SPECIAL, BECAUSE HE IS GENERALLY STOIC. BUT ON THE FLOOR, HE IS GIVING YOU EXTRA ENERGY AND EFFORT, AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY MEANS A LOT TO HIM. HE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WHEN THE

TEAM IS HEALTHY, THE MINUTES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN, AND THIS IS THE MATH. BUT HE ALSO WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MIGHT GO DOWN, BUT I STAY IN THIS ROTATION, BECAUSE I CAN HELP THIS TEAM WIN. AND ACHIUWA IS GOING FOR 39

MINUTES, AND HE IS ABOUT AVERAGING THAT SINCE ANUNOBY AND RANDLE HAVE BEEN OUT. AND HE IS GUARDING PAOLO BANCHERO THE ALL-STAR WHO DIFFICULT TO GUARD, AND WHILE

It was a Knicks team best defensive performance in over a decade holding the Orlando Magic to only 74 points. The Knicks finally got revenge on the Magic who they’ve fallen to in their last 3 games. Precious Achiuwa had a stand out performance with 15 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks.

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Knicks Hold Magic To 74 Points In Defensive Shut Down Performance | New York Knicks