![]() ![]() Put the work in each and every day.”ģ Immanuel Quickley dribbled the ball up the court against the Pacers. “To think about how we started, where we were to where we are today, it’s a tribute to them, to our players, for working together and not skipping over things. “The thing that I’m most proud of is the way that they improved throughout the year. All these guys have had really good moments throughout the year,” Tom Thibodeau said. “Anytime someone’s out it’s an opportunity for someone else to step in. Immanuel Quickley, Quentin Grimes and Obi Toppin gave the Knicks three 30-point scorers in one game for the first time since Ma(Ray Williams, Earl Monroe and Toby Knight). Playing without their three leading scorers, the fifth-place Knicks did something they hadn’t accomplished offensively in more than 44 years in posting their fifth straight victory, 138-129, over the out-of-it Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. INDIANAPOLIS - The Knicks began playing out the final three-game string of the regular season Wednesday night, taking advantage of the luxury of resting top players while they await their first round playoff series against the Cavaliers. Why the Knicks are primed to upset the Lakers in HollywoodĮSPN’s announcer lineup revealed for stacked slate of Christmas NBA games He tried to get up, but quickly realized he could not and was down for a long time before being helped to his feet.Viral Jalen Brunson video shows roots of dad’s ‘planned’ advantageīet on the Knicks in Hollywood against the Lakers ![]() With 2:38 left in the half Randle came down on Bam Adebayo’s foot, turning his left ankle and he went to the floor. ![]() The score was dimmed through by the reality that the Knicks saw Randle go down in pain. The Knicks managed to get on track and take a 48-46 lead into the intermission with Brunson delivering a buzzer-beating three-pointer. 23, 2009) and turned the ball over seven times.īut the Heat were similarly struggling and held a 23-19 lead after one quarter which was stretched to as many as 10 points in the second quarter. Randle and Barrett were a combined 0-for-8 from the field and scoreless in the first quarter and other than Grimes and Quickley no one seemed to be doing anything positive as the team was 0-for-6 from the free-throw line (the worst first quarter without a free throw since Atlanta did it on Feb. The Knicks went through a stretch in which they missed nine straight shots and turned the ball over four times as Miami ran off 14 consecutive points. With the Garden feeling like a playoff game at the start the Knicks raced out to an 8-0 lead with a Mitchell Robinson dunk and a pair of three-point field goals by Grimes. So next, get in there, next man up, get it done. But we have more than enough on the bench. So we understand where we are and what we have to do. It’s the same thing, you don’t do it individually. … It’s part of the game, injuries, you deal with it, and now just focus on the rehab, get back as soon as you can. So that’s about the extent of it, we’ll see where he is tomorrow. “He’ll be evaluated tomorrow,” Thibodeau said. Everything they were doing on both sides of the ball they were clicking so you’ve just got to go with that.” “The way they were playing was incredible. “They rolled away with the game,” Brunson said. Brunson was at the scorer’s table to report in before the timeout, but Thibodeau called him back and rode the hot hand. Then it was Hart taking the ball the length of the court for a dunk and finally Grimes taking an outlet from Hartenstein for a fast break dunk, prompting a Heat timeout - all in the span of 77 seconds. Clinging to an 86-85 lead with 6:31 to play, the Knicks ran off eight straight points that started with Isaiah Hartenstein finding Josh Hart alone under the basket and Grimes hitting a pair of free throws. The Knicks were without Randle and never went back to Brunson in the fourth quarter, riding the play of the second unit - Thibodeau not making a substitution in the entire period. The Nets remain in sixth place between the two, 2 1/2 games back of the Knicks. With the win, the fifth-place Knicks not only upped the lead on Miami to four games, but gave them the tiebreaker in head-to-head meetings. While Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau has preached that every game is important, this game did have an added significance since the Knicks entered the night with a three-game lead on the Heat in the standings. “No Ju so we kind of had to figure something out,” RJ Barrett said. ![]()
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