Knicks Secure Win Over Denver, Ready for Title Run

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00:00It 122 to 112. The Knicks get the win over Denver at the

00:04garden. Once again, a little bit of everybody from for the

00:08Knicks. Brunson had a big night. Cat, how about a little defense

00:12from Cat leading to some offense on ESPN.

00:14Not much doing here. Westbrook insists his way and Towns got it

00:20cleanly. What a rejection from Towns. Oh, a highlight! Brunson

00:26to no look and bridges the reverse.

00:31Yeah, listen, all I know is, once again, the thing that I

00:34got out of the game was that afterwards, you know, and I

00:37thought the first half you had Joker sitting down because he

00:39got the two quick fouls early, but then Towns did as well. He

00:43was sitting with three. But after the game, it was hearing

00:47Joker say and legitimately that the Knicks are top five for a

00:51title. And I have gone on record here over and over saying

00:55they're starting five is, you know, too legit to quit. And

01:00it's the bench that I've worried about. Now, if I can get the

01:03type of McBride, Payne, and Shamit productivity from those

01:09shooters, then I'm not going to worry as much because then and

01:14Achua, they're nine deep. I got to get those guys playing ball

01:18though. I think Deuce shows up and plays ball every night. I

01:21think Shamit's a guy I've, you know, we've seen before in New

01:25York. What with the Nets, he was terrible, right? Am I tripping?

01:29No. And then it's the it's the middle guy, Payne. But Payne has

01:33had that crooked J of his for a while. And he makes it. People

01:37can say whatever they want about him. He may he knocks down that

01:40shot. If I can get those four guys playing because I thought

01:43like Achua, he's had his moments. Like I thought he

01:46played pretty well last night overall. But he's inconsistent.

01:50Like some nights he's not there. Some nights he is. They got to

01:53get those four guys off that bench doing something because

01:56they cannot rely on five guys, frankly, to win a title playing

02:01round after round into the, you know, conference finals and into

02:05the NBA finals. It's too brutal. It's too brutal a track in those

02:09series to survive with just five guys playing all the minutes.

02:15Got to be able to space it out a little bit. As you say, I'll do

02:18the Joker first since you brought up the clip of him

02:21after the game. Here he is. Nick's very tough.

02:25This team hurt you guys this year. What makes them so tough?

02:28I think they hurt us last couple years. You know, they're

02:30playing really well. They're well coached. They know what

02:34they're pushing the pace. And even in a half course, they know

02:37what they're doing. So they're really good. They're really good

02:40team. And I think they are the favorite. It's not a favorite,

02:42like top, let's say top five candidates for the title.

02:46Top five. Yeah, you see what I mean? Like, there he is. And

02:52you know that he's, he's already won one. He knows what he's

02:56talking about. They are, you know, we have talked at nauseam

02:59about the East and the West, who are the legitimate contenders

03:03that have a shot to come out of those conferences. And frankly,

03:07the Knicks are still in that mix. And they have been for a

03:09while. They just have to figure out I think they're burn on

03:13on bench.

03:15It's very rare that you can get some smiles or some positivity

03:19out of Tom Thibodeau. But after a win like last night, and the

03:23run that the Knicks have been on, you do get a little bit of

03:26that proud of his team.

03:27Thomas seems like whenever another team goes on a run, you

03:30guys don't really get phased. Where does that come from?

03:33Yeah, I think that you know, and again, we, you know, there's

03:36still, it's a good win. And we don't want to get carried away

03:40with ourselves. We'll enjoy it. But the there's things that we

03:43have to continue to improve upon. I think these are all good

03:46tests for us, because it tells us exactly where we are, and

03:50what we have to work on to get better and not to be satisfied,

03:54and have always have the belief that we could do things better.

03:57And I think this team does. And we have a committed group that's

04:01willing to sacrifice for each other and play for each other.

04:04And when that happens, the good stuff comes from that.

04:09So there you go. I mean, you know, the funny thing is that

04:12they've been playing at a clip lately with this homestand, you

04:15know, what were they 122 last night, the last two before that

04:20they were in the 140s. I mean, they can really score and move

04:24the ball and, you know, watching this guy heart rebound and start

04:29transition, you know, numbers runs up the floor with them on a

04:33three on two or whatever. It's really impressive. I mean, that

04:37guy's six, five, and he rebounds like he's a seven footer. And I

04:41think it's all about that Rodman philosophy of positioning, where

04:46do you stand to wait for the misses? Because, you know, guys

04:51are shooting, you know, 39 3837% from three guys are shooting, you

04:56know, 40 to 44% from two, where do you put your body in the

05:01block to get that many rebounds that he gets? It really is

05:05phenomenal watching a guy that little in this league of bigs of

05:09guys that are six, seven or above getting outworked night

05:13after night by a six five guy is insane to me.

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