Knicks Late Game Push Comes Up Short In Loss To Jazz | New York Knicks
FOUR. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US. BILL PIDTO ALONG WITH WALLY SZCZERBIAK. MONICA McNUTT IN A SECOND. THEY DIDN’T SHOOT WELL FROM DOWNTOWN, AND THEY WON 22 OF 32 FROM THE LINE. IF YOU WANT TO WIN IN THE NBA, YOU BETTER PLAY GOOD BASKETBALL, AND THE KNICKS CAN PLAY AS WELL AS THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PLAYING, AND YOU DO SOMETHING, IT’S A TOUGH GAME, AND YOU DEAL WITH HOSTILE FANS, AND A JAZZ THEME LOST THREE GAMES IN A ROW, AND THEY GOT OFF A GOOD START, AND JEWEULIUS RAN, I GOT YOU OVER THERE, AND THE
KNICKS WITH THE BASKETBALL TONIGHT. AND YOU ARE ALL DISCOMBOBULATED AND YOU DO NOT WIN IF YOU DON’T PLAY A TIGHTER GAME, AND NOT LET TEAMS LIKE THIS GET CONFIDENCE, BECAUSE THESE ARE PRIDEFUL PLAYERS AND GUYS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD SUCCESS IN THE LEAGUE ONE YEAR AFTER ANOTHER AND THE JAZZ CAME UP WITH A BIG WIN THEY FELT LIKE THEY SHOULD WIN. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD WIN AT HOME. ANY GAME THEY SET FOOT ON THEIR HOME FLOOR, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD WIN. CONVERSELY, YOU LOOK AT THE GAME AND THE NIXKNICKS LOOK LIKE, WEN GET
THIS ONE. IF YOU DON’T TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, YOU WILL NOT GET THE WIN. DOWN 106-89 AND IN SUCH A PERIOD OF TIME,
THE LEAD IS ONLY A FIVE-POINT GAME AT THE TIME, AND FLIX ARE DOING A GOOD JOB GETTING THEMSELVES BACK IN THE GAME. THAT IS THE THREE, THAT CUT IT. TO THREE, AND THIS IS THE POSSESSION. DOWN THREE, NO GOOD. BRUNTON, A 40-PLUNT SHOOTER AND UTAH TRIED TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITIES. AND KEPT YOU IN THE GAME, AND HEROIC PLAYS TO GET IT TO OVERTIME, AND THIS IS A DAUNTING ROAD TRIP AND A TOUGH WAY TO START THE ROAD TRIP. THE KNICKS NEED MORE THAN JULIUS RANDLE AND TONIGHT, BRUNSON, 0 FOR 6 AND HE IS SHOOTING WELL
FROM DOWNTOWN, AND R.J. BARRETT, TONIGHT, 9 POINTS, WENT 3 OF 16 FROM THE FLOOR. BRUNTON, HE MAKES TOUGH THREES, AND HE HAS BEEN ON FIRE FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE. AND YOU CAN’T LIVE BY THE THREES AND YOU DIDN’T BUY DYE BY THE THREE. HE GOT POINTS, AND HE GOT TO THE LINE, AND UNCHARACTERISTICALLY MISSED FREE THROWS HE NORMALLY MAKES AND HE IS A LITTLE OFF TONIGHT. HE STILL GOT THE 22, 23 POINTS, WH WHATEVER IT WAS, AND THE KEY IS DEFENSIVE EFFORT. YOU CAN’T GIVE UP THAT MANY POINTS TO A JAZZ THEME DIDN’T HAVE THREE
STARTERS AND YOU GAVE UP 52 POINTS. THE SECOND HALF, THEY GOT 65 POINTS AND THEY DIDN’T SCORE MUCH. THEY BUILT A 17-POINT LEAD AND THE DEFENSE WAS NOT RELIABLE LIKE IT NORMALLY IS. UTAH DID HAVE LAURI MARKKANEN BACK. LE AND HE MISSED THE LAST EIGHT GAMES WITH A BAD HAMI. HE RETURNED WITH 23 POINTS. HE HAD 14 IN THE FIRST QUARTER, NONE IN THE SECOND QUARTER, AND 16 POINTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND THEN ONLY TWO IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. AND 32 POINTS. YOU TOTAL IT UP, HE WAS A MONSTER A BEAST OUT THERE, AND
PART OF THE REASONING, THE FIRST AND THIRD QUARTERS, HE GOES A 12 MINUTE STRETCH. WHEN YOU HAVE IT GOING, YOU’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET HIM THE BALL AND KEEP HIM HOT. WHEN HE SITS DOWN THE BENCH FOR FOUR, FIVE, SIX MINUTES AND HE GETS BACK, SIX MINUTES TO GO SOMETIMES OTHER GUYS HAVE IT GOING AND JULIUS RANDLE WILL LOOK THE PASS AND MAKE PLAYS FOR OTHER GUYS AND OVERALL, THESE ARE MONSTER PERFORMANCES. 14 FOR 23. OUTSTANDING PERCENTAGES. 12 BOARDS, AND SIX ASSISTS AND MORE ASSISTS IF THE KNICKS WERE KNOCKING DOWN MORE THREES AND HE
GOT GUYS WIDE OPEN SHOTS, AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY DOING HIS JOB PLAYING LIKE AN ALL-STAR PLAY, LIKE A NBA PLAYER, AND HE ALSO NEEDS THE SCORES FOR THE OPPONENTS NOT TO GET UP IN THE 110s AND 120s. MOST THREE POINT FIELD GOALS MADE IN KNICKS HISTORY. RANDLE, 2 FOR 6 POINT. HE IS NOW FOURTH ALL TIME. MORE THAN JAMAL CRAWFORD. IF YOU LOOK, AHEAD NOW, PHOENIX FRIDAY. AT THE CLIPPERS SATURDAY. THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU REALLY HOPED THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET. NO QUESTION. THE FIRST GAME OF
THE TRIP. THAT IS ALWAYS TOUGH, GETTING OUT THERE, GETTING COMFORTABLE, AND UTAH IS NOT AN EASY PLACE TO PLAY. THE ALTITUDE? THE FANS, THAT IS — THAT TEAM IS A YOUNG TEAM THAT IS OBVIOUSLY REBUILDING, AND LAST YEAR, THE SURPRISE OF THE LEAGUE TO START THE SEASON, AND THEY HAVE PERSONNEL. DANNY AINGE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED GENERAL MANAGER AND HE IS PUTTING TOGETHER A GROUP 067 GUYS THAT HAVE TO COMPETE, AND IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE ON THE DEFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR. OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE MISSING ONE OF THE BEST DEFENDERS IN THE LEAGUE,
AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY LIKE THIBODAUX SAYS, WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS MANY POINTS. HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE CONSISTENT FOR US TO ALLOW TEAMS TO SCORE. MONICA McNUTT, CALL THE GAME ON ESPN RADIO. 98.7. I KNOW WE HAVE ISSUES WHEN MONICA GIVES ME A TEXT AND SAYS I’M STRESSED. I’M SO STRESSED. I’M SO STRESSED. I DON’T KNOW. DID YOU ARE A FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER OF THE BALL CLUB. I THINK I NEED TO GO TO WALLY, AND I NEED WALLY TO EXBLAINE WE WITNESSED? AND IS IT A DISMAL LINE AT THE THREE-POINT
LINE AND OVERLOOKING THE BEST OPPORTUNITY ON THE WEST ROAD TRIP. I WAS BAFFLED HOW THE KNICKS WERE NOT ABLE TO PULL IT OFF WITH THE JAZZ DOWN THREE STARTERS? YOU’RE 10E 0% CORRECT. I AGREE WITH YOU. THE KNICKS PROBABLY, YOU THINK, WITH ALL THE ODDS AND THIS AND THAT, THEY WOULD GET THE GAME. THE BOTTOM LINE, A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE LOCKER ROOM. THEY COMPETE A HIGH LEVEL OF BASKETBALL AND THE OTHER TEAMS TRY TO WIN JUST AS MUCH AS THE KNICKS ARE, AND TONIGHT, IF YOU DON’T PLAY TO YOUR CAPABILITIES AND PLAY TO
THE LEVEL THAT YOU’RE CAPABLE OF PLAYING, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WIN GAMES IN THE NBA AND THE KNICKS FOUL SHORT ON THE DEFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR, AND THAT’S BECOMING A TREND AND A BIT OF AN ISSUE. GO AHEAD. THAT IS A JAIRY SCARY TREND. I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, THAT’S THE PART I AM MOST CONCERNED WITH, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. WALLY IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I MENTIONED TO YOU, I WAS HERE WITH THE SQUAD AND WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT A TEAM, WILL HARDY IS LOOKING FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEM HOW MUCH PROGRESS WE’RE MAKING,
HOW MUCH GROWTH WE’RE MAKING AND THEY HAD HIM DOWN OF THE MAT, AND COLLIN SECTIONTON, THEY PLAYED BIG, IF WE CHALK UP THE THREE-POINT SHOOTING, THEY CAN MAKE IT THIS TO GAME, AND THE DEFENSE, I’M WITH WALLY. YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO GET BACK TO THE SIGNATURE DEFENSE. AND THE GUARDS, YOU HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TRYING TO KEEP GUYS IN FRONT OF YOU AND COMMUNICATING ON SCREEN ACTIONS. ALL THAT BEING SAID, THE CL CLICHE, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 9 OF 29 FROM THREE, AND 22 OF 23 FROM THE LINE. AND
GRANTED, GUYS, THE DEFENSE, IF THEY SHOT THE BALL, BELL OR BETTER, THEY WIN THE GAME. YEAH, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. IT’S JUST — IT’S A TONE OF THE GAME. THAT’S THE THING. WHEN UP ALLOW A TEAM TO — ALAN BROUGHT ALL GREAT POINT. PUT HIM AWAY. TAKE THEIR SPIRITS AWAY AND WHEN THEY DO MAKE A BIT OF A RUN, THEY ARE ONLY DOWN TEN. THAT IS WHERE THE KNICKS LET THE TEAM HANG AROUND AND GET CONFIDENCE, AND ONCE YOU LET A TEAM GET CONFIDENCE AT HOME, YOU’RE IN TROUBLE, I THINK, MONICA. WHAT DO YOU
THINK? I AGREE WITH YOU. AND I SAID ON THE RADIO BROADCAST, THIS IS A SOUND AROUND INSTAGRAM. THE FIRST PART, THE HORNS IN EARTH WIND AND FIRE’S SONG QUPT SEPTEMBER” AND THAT IS THINGS GOING WELL, AND THE SECOND PART OF THE AUDIO IS LIKE — IT SOUND LIKE, AND THIS IS A RHYTHMLESS PERFORMANCE ACROSS THE BOARD. I WANT TO PACK IT UP, THROW IT WAY AND MOVE ON. I THINK YOU HAVE TO RETUNE YOUR INSTRUMENT. YOU GET THE POINT THEM. YOU UNDERSTOOD. DID YOU PLAY THE CLARINET. SNO INSTRUMENTS FOR ME. HARMONICA RHYMES WITH MONICA. YOU
GUYS HAVE A GOOD TRIP THERE. THANKS, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE HARMONY. THAT IS A GREAT POINT. THAT’S WHAT IT IS. IF YOU’RE — THEY ARE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AGAINST TEAMS, A LOT OF THE GAMES ARE GOOD ROAD WINS, AND THE I YOU TAKE THEM
