“Jalen Brunson is as good of a leader” – ESPN goes crazy Knicks beat Warriors 119-112; Curry 27 Pts

“Jalen Brunson is as good of a leader” – ESPN goes crazy Knicks beat Warriors 119-112; Curry 27 Pts

Studios BPO along with alen Han Monica mcnut will join us shortly the Knicks now 3-0 on this road trip the night began with news at ogn and obi’s back in New York getting that right elbow checked the MRI was clean but he’s out Tom thida goes with Duce McBride the

Starting lineup going small because the Warriors go small and it all worked out perfectly didn’t it it’s March Madness I got a quote Bill rafy onions I mean you talk about a performance tonight by this team when you understand that you’re missing a key defensive player you’re on

The road everything going against you once again a team you just saw a couple of weeks ago and they torched you at home and then you come out and play a game like this and it just shows you once again night in and night out the resiliency the toughness of this team

We’ve talked about Jaylen Brunson and what he is as a leader but there’s so many other pieces to this group that have come together this season and why this has become such a special year 41 wins already 14 games to go and the Knicks just keep holding on to that

Fourth spot as teams like Orlando go will they just lose a g like you can Orlando can’t believe the Knicks keep winning these games but it just shows you what this team is made of and Duce McBride is another example of not just the veterans you have on this team but

The players that over the last couple of years this coaching staff has developed to stay ready and be ready and he was tonight Nicks never Trail tonight there were some nervous tight moments the Maas bonus for the Kings did not score the other night a single point in the fourth

Quarter tonight Steph Curry was held to Five Points in the fourth quarter and that was one of the reasons why the Knicks were able to hold on the win absolutely true and again you knew the warriors were going to make a push that’s what’s going to happen the Knicks

Had an 11-point lead to start the quarter the fourth quarter Trace Jackson Davis had a terrific game look at this play here Isaiah hartstein was fantastic Josh Hart what can you say played the entire game and only had a triple double Jackson Davis here makes that dunk it’s

An eight-point game and the Knicks just kept pushing and kept pushing and Jaylen Brunson makes that shot to put him back up 11 this was the biggest shot though Duce hadn’t made real a lot of shots in the second half but that three was huge and then right here Josh Hart just

Muscles his way up against Jackson Davis that’s the bucket that gave him his triple double a 48-minute triple double for Josh Hart three-point shooting when you equal Golden State in terms of makes that was a huge and it helped offset a bench Point differential that saw the

Warriors dominate the Knicks bench 60 to 15 yeah and that that was a big story in the game as well cuz the starters for the warriors were not great but the Warriors bench was making a difference the Knicks didn’t play a ton of their bench not nearly as much as Golden State

But they held them off and that three-point shooting was a huge part of this game tonight ni Monica mcnut helped call the game tonight with Mike Breen Monica thanks for joining us what a win another great win for the Knicks and Duce McBride was absolutely fantastic

Deuce that’s what the fans say so that’s what we needed to let out y’all look there is not a better example of being ready when your number is called and I shared the story on air about Duce feeling like he’s trusted now and I think when you have trust and confidence

You can go out and play your best basketball he studied he prepared to guard Stephen Curry cuz he knows how tall a task that is and he did an excellent job you guys I know we’re talking about bench points but do started tonight but that is your bench

Productivity there and so I think the way things panned out you live with it the minutes that both he and Josh Hart had to play a career night for dece for sure and something that most people and everybody not most people but everybody should really relish and appreciate from him only 48

Minutes 47 minutes for him though casual I whatever you know right exactly and remember last time he played the 47 minutes in Cleveland he said I’ve been I’ve been wanting this my whole life been preparing for this my whole life this is what I want I can’t complain

About playing too much I’ve been wanting to play but I sent you a text I’m sure you didn’t see it when you guys were interviewing him but did you notice that he’s got like a a braid that goes over one eye Monica how does he shoot with

Hair in his face more importantly in order to pay your respects to dece for his performance I’m going to bring you a braid huh I need I want you to put a braid right there he’s never shot so well he’s got one eye covered up with the braid how’s

He doing that I find it amazing the swag the swag come on now just trust the swag he can see everything he need to see exactly like that’s all he needs to see is the rim got a hand in his face you can still knock it down meanwhile of

Course when you consider the other pieces of this team team cuz we spend a lot of time talking about Jaylen Brunson but we come to just expect the performances that he gives 48 minutes for Josh Hart a triple double for him and he didn’t look I mean to me he

Didn’t look tired at all it’s first time in 50 years the nck have had a player that played 48 minutes and got a triple double does Josh har ever look like he runs out of gas I we talked about this two days ago or two games ago H the the

Energy energy is a hot commodity and Josh Hart has abundant energy now all of that has to do with how well he takes care of his body he talked about that a little bit and shoot around prior to the Sacramento King’s Dame the the table work the food he eats the extra workouts

The pelaton workout the whole thing he takes tremendous care of his body to be prepared for moments like this and I think in a weird way because he’s not the first guy that circled on a scouting report in terms of his offensive prowess there is a little bit of freedom for him

To just move and the ball doesn’t stick with him and he makes the right plays although every team knows that he’s certainly the energy engine for this Nick Squad all right last stop on the road trip Monica Thursday at Denver the Knicks have beaten the Nuggets three

Times in a row and we’re talking here before we came on it’s house money I mean you’d love to beat Denver but if you come home three and one mission accomplished I completely agree with you Peto and obviously Denver’s the defending champs they’re playing great ball they’re getting into form you’ve

Heard the stories by now of the group text from Nica yage after All-Star break and so they are raring into form but the Knicks defense has traveled on the course of this road trip they have figured out ways to make adjustments against Allstar caliber players and to

Make their life very difficult yes the 100 point streak is over at this game but in terms of their fourth fourth quarter defense pedo like you said it was tremendous and so if you give me a ball game a clutch ball game with five minutes to go hey you like your chances

All right Monica travel safely to Denver we’ll talk to you on Thursday night okay thanks guys I want to Let’s frame this Josh Hart historically here he had the 10 points 11 rebounds 10 assists Clyde Frasier played all 48 minutes twice and got a triple double Jerry Lucas played

All 40 minuts once and got a triple double but no Nick has done it since 1973 50 years you know it’s it’s rare I mean this this Josh Hart is in some rarified air right now yeah and again fif his fifth triple double and that’s

For his career but also in the last what two months right like he has been doing this when the Knicks have needed him most all this started when the Knicks injuries started when they lost Julius Randle when then they lost ogan anobi Tom thibo had to look down at his roster

And say okay who can I rely on and Josh Hart was one of those names that he said I’m going to rely on you and play you a ton of minutes playing him over 40 minutes a night since the All-Star break and Josh Hart has every night he has

Showed up and given you everything he’s got now he’s not a big offensive guy but he’s a glue guy he does everything for you and he does it at a high level with a motor that again it’s to me it’s uncanny you don’t see that in today’s

NBA any minutes eventually he starts to wear down or show you that he’s getting tired he doesn’t and so for him it’s conditioning or whatever it is that he’s got going it is working and Tom tho has tapped into that like he has tapped into du McBride when he’s needed him and

Let’s also point this out real quick this was a great effort game by this team and these Players let’s point out what the coaching staff did in getting this team prepared to play this game defensively and using the right lineup that worked because the last lineup against Golden State didn’t this team

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“Jalen Brunson is as good of a leader” – ESPN goes crazy Knicks beat Warriors 119-112; Curry 27 Pts