{"id":698557,"date":"2026-04-04T22:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698557\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T22:27:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:27:28","slug":"ny-knicks-jeremy-sochan-shines-in-big-opportunity-against-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698557\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Knicks\u2019 Jeremy Sochan shines in big opportunity against Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Knicks<\/a> trounced the Chicago Bulls badly on Friday night, destroying them from the get-go en route to a 40-point victory by a score of 136-96. They started the game on a 20-1 run and never looked back.<\/p>\n

Knicks\u2019 Jeremy Sochan provided a spark against the Bulls <\/p>\n

With the game being so lopsided, Mike Brown was able to give Jeremy Sochan an opportunity to make a name for himself and a potential option in the playoffs. Sochan put together his best performance since joining the Knicks, and was a key contributor behind the victory.<\/p>\n

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Karl-Anthony Towns sat the game out with right elbow impingement, so Sochan was essentially the backup center behind Mitchell Robinson. Sochan recorded seven points, eight rebounds, one steal and one block all in just 17 minutes of action. He was a +30 in those minutes and named Defensive Player of the Game by head coach Mike Brown.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allowed us to do a lot of things like switch pick and rolls,\u201d Brown said while giving Sochan the Defensive Player of the Game nod, via SNY\u2019s Ian Begley<\/a>. \u201cIt brought a different element to our game. Not just offensively with the speed, but defensively with switching a lot of things and just keeping the ball in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will Sochan be in the playoff rotation? <\/p>\n

It was also worth noting that Sochan took the minutes from Jose Alvarado and Mohamed Diawara. Neither of those two played in the first half and didn\u2019t see their first action until garbage time, which could be an indication that Brown is trying to round out his playoff rotation.<\/p>\n

\"NBA:Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

While Sochan likely won\u2019t receive a ton of minutes in the postseason, his performance on Friday showed that he can provide a positive impact in short spurts if his services are needed. He can provide some defense and versatility that can boost the Knicks\u2019 defensive strategy.<\/p>\n

New York has clinched their spot in the playoffs already, and are chasing the Boston Celtics for the second seed with four games remaining. The two teams have one more matchup together next week, which could be pivotal. Currently, they are 2.5 games behind the Celtics for the second seed.<\/p>\n

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\t\tDylan Backer is the Senior Content Producer for ESM. He is 23 years old and is from Royal Palm … More about Dylan Backer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Knicks trounced the Chicago Bulls badly on Friday night, destroying them from the get-go en…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3768],"tags":[7,304,6,1136,191,3810,3806],"class_list":{"0":"post-698557","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-nba","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-knicks","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkknicks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116348798145094022","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698557","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=698557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}