Or, Brunson is the generations-later heir to Charlie Ward and Chris Childs, their best player at the position since Stephon Marbury, their most credible solution at point guard since the days of Derek Harper if not Mark Jackson.Įxcept for that spell in 2012 - and it was akin to a magic spell, as fleeting and as intoxicating - when the Knicks had the most electrifying point guard on the planet. I even heard someone mention Allonzo Trier! It’s New York City, the spiritual home of point guards, and for the better parts of several decades, the Knicks have been run by the likes of Chris Duhon and Nate Robinson, by Raymond Felton and Pablo Prigioni, Emmanuel Mudiay and Elfrid Payton. Quickley’s 3-pointer shaved the deficit to single digits early in the third, but the Spurs boosted it to 17 with three minutes remaining on consecutive 3s by Johnson.Oh, the cast of characters who have been invoked in concert with the Knicks splashing out $104 million last week to sign Jalen Brunson. The 11-year veteran netted seven points during his first-half stint, including a 3-pointer, and Randle finished the half with 21, but the Knicks still trailed 64-53 at intermission. Immanuel Quickley dribbles during the Knicks’ loss to the Spurs. Thibodeau used only eight players following Barrett’s early departure Tuesday night, but Fournier checked in with three minutes to go in the first quarter Thursday, marking his first action in 23 games since his previous game action on Nov. Quickley scored 10 of the Knicks’ first 12 points, and Randle pumped in 11 in a row at one point for a 27-24 lead, but the Spurs closed the opening quarter on a 14-2 run for a nine-point advantage entering the second.

We got more than enough guys capable of coming in and stepping up to do the job. “It’s a game at a time, I’m just focused on today’s game. “Obviously, you don’t ever want to end a game like that, but everything had to go right for and wrong for us, and it did. The Knicks have lost five straight games. That duo and Randle had started every game together before Brunson first sat out Tuesday’s overtime loss in Dallas, with Barrett leaving that game less than two minutes into the first quarter with a lacerated finger. Still, the absences of Barrett and Brunson deleted 39.9 points per game from the Knicks’ lineup, while Brunson also leads the team with an average of 6.6 assists. You get a great win and the same thing, you can’t feel too good about it, just got to get ready for the next game.” Games keep coming,” said Thibodeau, whose team will conclude the three-game trip Saturday in Houston. “It’s your basketball character - there are tough losses, but you’ve got to move past it. James Dolan’s facial-recognition tech also targets Knicks fans, celebrities who criticize himīefore the game, Derrick Rose said the Knicks relished “a chance to redeem ourselves” after flushing a nine-point lead with under 35 seconds to play Tuesday before losing in overtime to the Mavericks, with Luka Doncic recording a 60-point triple double. Keldon Johnson netted 30 points and Romeo Langford contributed 23 for the Spurs, who had lost five of their previous seven games and own the second-worst record (12-23) in the Western Conference. We gotta figure it out.” Julius Randle reacts during the Knicks’ loss to the Spurs. “The ball was in the paint the whole night, they scored 38 points the first quarter … and then it was too little, too late at the end. How do you impact winning,” Tom Thibodeau said. “I don’t get wrapped up in the individual. And one game after registering a career-high 33 points, Quentin Grimes shot 1-for-10 from the field and finished with nine points. Julius Randle scored a season-high 41 points and Immanuel Quickley posted a career-best 36, but the Knicks were outscored 62-42 in the paint.

500 mark for the season (18-18) following a 122-115 loss to the Spurs at AT&T Center. With starters Jalen Brunson and RJ Barrett sidelined for essentially the second straight game, the Knicks fell to 0-2 on this three-game Texas swing and suffered their fifth consecutive defeat overall following an eight-game winning streak. Of course, such words only ring true when you are able to take advantage of the subsequent opportunity. SAN ANTONIO - The beauty of the NBA, multiple members of the Knicks said Thursday, is the immediate chance to expunge the bitter taste of a devastating defeat. Smith opens up about breaking ‘self-sabotaging’ ways with hint of NBA return The NBA is finally doing something about its load-management issueĭonovan Mitchell looking forward to potential ‘full circle’ Knicks challenge Knicks backup center is team’s most durable man

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