Who would have thought the Knicks would beat the Grizz\u2026 on the road, not least!<\/p>\n
Get-right game got New York on the right path again as the Knickerbockers are one win away from reaching 50 dubs for the third consecutive season.<\/p>\n
Two more wins, and Coach Brown would match Thibs\u2019 best record in just his freshman season on the Knicks sideline. Bananas!<\/p>\n
On the Knicks showing some urgency on Wednesday:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good to have that mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA game like that, it\u2019s always tough if you play against a group that\u2019s free and can attack and has nothing to lose. But our guys at the end of the day, we were good in a lot of areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the rebounding effort against the Grizzlies:<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of good performances from our guys, we were able to make it up in terms of the times that they went to the free throw line and our turnovers by offensive rebounding. OG had three offensive rebounds, KAT had six offensive rebounds. KAT had a triple-double tonight, which was great. And especially in 30 minutes of action, and then OG, for him to get 13 rebounds. A big, big night to get a double-double. We needed every single one of those rebounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Landry Shamet\u2019s return:<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s arguably one of our, if not the best, on-ball defenders. Especially when it comes to ball screens and dribble handoffs. He\u2019s really physical in that area. And you feel him. His pace offensively creates gravity for others. And then his ability to shoot. He can string together two or three 3s. And it can create separation for him and give our group confidence. We had to find other ways. But we missed that from him, especially from his size.\u201d<\/p>\n
On encouraging Miles McBride to keep shooting amid his post-comeback struggles:<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re open, let it fly. I even told him this before, I don\u2019t care if he\u2019s 0-for-15. I just want him to feel the aggression, get to his spots.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the need for accountability:<\/p>\n
\u201cRegardless of being veterans or not, we got to turn the page and do something about it. It doesn\u2019t matter how long you\u2019ve been in the league or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the Knicks\u2019 true-talent level showing up on Wednesday:<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel the team we have, a lot of guys able to shoot, drive. I\u2019ve been talking about this since last year. We got a lot of talent that can do a lot of things. Just got to share the ball and play off each other and try to make the right reads.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the first-half offense vs. defense against Memphis:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was good. We were sharing the ball, all that stuff. I think defensively we could\u2019ve been better, still gave up a lot of points. Offensively, we were sharing the ball, moving well. But defensively, we could\u2019ve done better.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the second-half mild letdown:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still not happy about us in the second half not locked in and them making a run. They play hard. A good young team. But I think it\u2019s unacceptable for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully, I have kids one day and I\u2019ll brag about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
On ending the road trip on a positive note:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great. It doesn\u2019t matter about the triple-double, double-double, as long as we get a win, something that has been escaping us in the last week. Good to end the road trip on a high note so we can go back home to our fans where we\u2019re comfortable and we get that energy from our fans and hopefully make it a two-game winning streak.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the good ball movement in the win over Memphis:<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought we did a good job moving the ball. I thought we did a good job of playing with a point-five mentality and doing everything we needed to do to beat a good team, and a hungry team with a lot of guys trying to prove themselves in this league. I thought we did a good job of weathering the storm. We understood they\u2019re going to play hard. They\u2019re going to play well, and we found a way to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
On how he handles double teams:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they\u2019re double and triple teaming, I understand that one of my teammates is open. Just staying patient, staying relaxed and trying to make the right play. I was disappointed with the turnovers I had today, but I\u2019m glad that I was able to find my teammates more than not and we were able to come out with a win.\u201d<\/p>\n
On regrouping after the three consecutive losses heading into Wednesday\u2019s game:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a group effort to regroup.\u201d<\/p>\n
On feeling fatigue on his return:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was definitely a little tired at the end of the game. The legs \u2014 that\u2019s obviously the biggest thing. You can do all you want to stay in shape but playing a real NBA basketball game, that\u2019s like the next layer of your rehab or whatever. You just got to get reps and get your legs back under you. So I felt really good. Just naturally a little heavy at the end. But that\u2019s alright.\u201d<\/p>\n
On his fourth-quarter scoring:<\/p>\n
\u201cI was shooting the same shots, but they were just going in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who would have thought the Knicks would beat the Grizz\u2026 on the road, not least! Get-right game got…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,2964,6,1136,191,3810,3806],"class_list":{"0":"post-694422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-knicks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-knicks","10":"tag-knicks-news","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-knicks","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkknicks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116336622595232246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}