Jalen Brunson Takes Over 4th Quarter to Beat Utah Jazz | New York Knicks

“KNICKS POST GAME SHOW” IS PRESENTED ED BY AUDI. IMMANUEL QUICKLEY HELPS SPUR AN EARLY FOURTH QUARTER RUN THAT CONTINUED FOR MOST OF THE QUARTER. CAM REDDISH WITH 26. THE KNICKS BEAT THE JAZZ 118-111. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US IN OUR DELTA MSG STUDIOS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TONIGHT’S GAME. THE KNICKS, MUCH BETTER DEFENSE AND A MUCH NEEDED VICTORY. FINAL LILY YOU SAW THAT DESPERATION THAT YOU NEEDED TO SEE FROM THIS GROUP. THIS IS HOW THEY HAVE TO PLAY. THEY HAVE TO GRIND. THEY HAVE TO FIGHT FOR EVERY REBOUND. IT SOUNDS SO CLICHE

BUT WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE SUPERSTARS AND YOU STILL WANT TO WIN IN THIS LEAGUE, YOU’VE GOT TO PLAY LIKE THAT NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT. BE READY TO PLAY. YOU SAW RJ BARRETT. HE’S LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A COLD. BRUNSON TAKES OVER IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. HOW ABOUT CAM REDDISH, A SOLID GAME FROM HIM. TALK ABOUT THE ROTATION BEING REDUCED, I THINK THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. NO EVAN FOURNIER, NO QUENTIN GRIMES TONIGHT. THAT ALLOWED THE BENCH TO GET MORE INVOLVED, MORE COHESION. YOU HAVE MORE MINUTES FROM REDDICK. IF HE CAN CONTINUE TO STRING TOGETHER PERFORMANCES

LIKE THIS, HOW ABOUT HIS PLAY ON DEFENSE? CONSISTENCY HAS BEEN HIS PROBLEM BUT THAT’S TWO TOP LEVEL PERFORMANCES FOR HIM NOW BACK TO BACK. HITTING

SOME BIG FREE THROWS, MAKING SOME BIG DEFENSIVE PLAYS. ALL THE STUFF YOU WANT TO SEE. THIS IS HIS FIFTH OR SIXTH STRAIGHT START. BEGINNING OF THE FOURTH QUARTER, KNICKS DOWN TWO AFTER THREE. TOPPIN AND QUICKLEY START THE RUN. JALEN BRUNSON WAS GREAT THE ENTIRE WAY. THE KNICK BENCH TRIED TO GO SHOT FOR SHOT WITH THEIR BENCH. SIMS WITH A DOUBLE-DOUBLE. THOMPSON KNOCKS DOWN ONE OF HIS THREES IN THIS GAME OBI

AND QUICKLEY WERE FANTASTIC. QUICKLEY KNOCKING DOWN A THREE. HOW ABOUT BACK-TO-BACK THREES? JALEN BRUNSON TOOK OVER. HE WAS PSCORING AT WILL. THAT’S HIGHWAY YOW YOU FINISH I. YOU PLAYED WELL, BUT YOU STILL HAD TO GET THE ROAD WIN. THIS BEGINS A VERY DIFFICULT ROAD TRIP WITH A VERY IMPORTANT WIN FOR THIS GROUP. KNICKS ARE AT DENVER TOMORROW NIGHT. THEN IT’S GOLDEN STATE, PHOENIX AND OKC TO WRAP THINGS UP. SOME OF THESE GAMES HAVE BEEN BLOWOUTS. WHEN IT’S BEEN CLOSE, BRUNSON HAS BEEN AT HIS BEST . IT’S THE PLAYER THAT YOU SAW IN DALLAS WITH THE

MAVERICKS. THIS IS WHAT HE HAS EMERGED INTO, WHICH IS A GUY THAT CAN PLAY A LOT OF ISO. HE IS A DRIVE FIRST, SCORE FIRST POINT GUARD WHO CERTAINLY CAN ASSIST. YOU KNOW HE CAN KICK IT OUT AND GET ASSISTS. IN ONE ON ONE HE’S VERY DIFFICULT TO GUARD DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE IS 6’1″. HE HAS GREAT FOOTWORK. HE KNOWS HOW TO SCORE. HE’S ONE OF THE TOP FINISHERS IN THE PAINT IN THE LEAGUE THIS SEASON. LATE IN GAMES YOU NEED THAT ONE GUY YOU CAN GO TO FOR GOOD POSSE POSSESSIONS. THAT WAS A

WONDERFUL THREE-POINT SHOT AT THE HALF. THE KNICKS HAD A GREAT FINISH TO THE HALF. WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY THAT CAN GET TO THOSE SPOTS AND CORE, ESPECIALLY LATE IN GAMES, THAT’S HOW YOU CAN WRIIN. WHEN HE’S GOT A GOOD MATCHUP, YOU GIVE HIM THAT ONE ON ONE, CLEAR IT OUT, LET HIM GO. HE WAS BEATING MIKE CONLEY LEFT AND RIGHT LATE IN THE GAME. CONLEY IS A GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAYER. YES, HE IS. IT’S REALLY HURT THEM WHEN THEY’VE HAD TO EXECUTE FROM THESE CLOSE GAMES DOWN THE STRETCH. WE TOUCHED ON CAM REDDISH FAR BIT.

WHAT HE HAS THAT FOURNIER DOESN’T HAVE IS THE ABILITY TO FINISH. HE’S GOT A MORE COMPLETE SKILL SET ON OFFENSE THAN GRAMS. IF HE CAN DEFEND, THEN YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE BEST HIT. LOOK AT HIS DEFENSE EARLY FROM THE GAME. HE DOESN’T GIVE UP ON THE PLAY. BLOCKS THE SERVEN FOOTER FROM BEHIND. READS THE PLAY AND JUMPS UP AND TAKES AWAY A LOB PASS. RUNNING THE FLOOR AND FINISHING IS SOMETHING WE KNOW HE CAN DO. SHOOTING THE THREE-POINT SHOT, HE CAN FINISH. HE’S NOT AS GREAT A THREE-POINT SHOOTER OBVIOUSLY AS EVAN FOURNIER. HE IS 6’8″.

HE’S GOT LONG ARMS PAP IS A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU HAVE A PROTOTYPE WING BODY. HE’S VERY SMOOTH. WHAT HE HAS LACKED AT SOMETIMES IS THE CONSISTENCY OF HIS MOTOR. THE SKILLS ARE ALWAYS THERE, BUT THERE ARE GAMES WITH HIM WHEN HE’S JUST NOT THERE. WHEN HE’S IN THE STARTING LINE-UP RIGHT NOW, HE FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A PORPSERFORMANCE LIKE . IT STARTED WITH HIS DEFENSE IN THE GAME. HIGHLY REGARDED COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, CAREER AT DUKE WITH INJURIES. HIGH DRAFT. HE HAD SOME HUGE GAMES WHILE HE WAS WITH THE HAWKS. IT’S BEEN THE LACK

OF CONSISTENCY BUT MAYBE HE’S STARTING TO STREAM IT TOGETHER. THE KNICKS POINTS IN THE PAINT, 60, UTAH 40. 21 FAST BREAK POINTS AS WELL THAT’S WHAT YOU LOVE TO SEE. ONE THING THIBODEAU ALWAYS TALKS