Mike Brown warns the Knicks defense
Defeat at Spurs seems to have lost patience Mike Brown who afterwards did not fail to hide his displeasure with the way his Knicks defended. One more time.
Because it’s been nine games since the New York franchise allowed fewer than 110 points. In four matches this has risen to 120 points and, even if the victories are there, thanks fire attackcoach from New York he knows that his players have to show a completely different side on the field.
« I don’t know if we’re tired or something, but we weren’t able to offer anything consistent for 48 minutes in defense » he lamented so. « We’ve won a lot of games, and we want that to be the case, it feels good, but ultimately, if we don’t figure out how to sustainably sustain what we need to do defensively for 48 minutes… It’s going to be a long, very long season for us, and it’s going to catch up to us eventually. Our physical intensity, our inability to be consistent on that side of the court, our defense in transition… These are really important areas for us. »
On the season, the Knicks rank 16th in the ranking of the most effective defenses in the country. In December, they even fell to 21st place. The schedule doesn’t help, with a lot of travel since the NBA Cup crowning in Las Vegas, but even that doesn’t explain everything, according to Mike Brown.
« As a team, we have to figure out how we can play physical, but how to defend without fouling » he thought then. ” We have yet to discover how to play physically for 48 minutes in the last few games. And do it without fail. We made some stupid mistakes and we have to be better at the level. I have a feeling everyone understands that, but we have to start now. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Ft | Pts |
| Jalen Brunson | 30 | 35:28 | 47.6 | 38.7 | 84.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 29.4 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 31 | 10:46 p.m | 47.6 | 36.6 | 87.3 | 3.0 | 8.7 | 11.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 21.9 |
| Mikal Bridges | 33 | 35:16 | 52.4 | 41.8 | 77.5 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 16.3 |
| And the Anunobi | 23 | 32:13 | 44.6 | 35.0 | 81.2 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 15.2 |
| Josh Hart | 28 | 30:19 | 49.8 | 38.9 | 83.7 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
| Miles Mcbride | 22 | 26:30 | 44.8 | 44.2 | 83.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 12.1 |
| Jordan Clarkson | 33 | 20:29 | 44.3 | 35.3 | 78.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 10.4 |
| Landry Shamet | 15 | 20:56 | 45.2 | 42.4 | 79.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| Tyler Kolek | 29 | 13:06 | 45.8 | 33.9 | 61.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 5.1 |
| Mitchell Robinson | 22 | 18:27 | 68.9 | 0 | 40.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.5 |
| Kevin McCuller Jr | 6 | 7:50 | 63.6 | 55.6 | 40.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| Guerschon Yabusele | 28 | 9:49 | 41.6 | 34.0 | 60.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 |
| Mohammed Diawara | 25 | 5:24 | 44.0 | 44.4 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| Ariel Hookporty | 21 | 9:14 | 52.2 | 0 | 58.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Trey Jemison III | 5 | 6:36 | 100.0 | 0 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Pacome Dadiet | 11 | 3:16 a.m | 12.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Tosan Evbuomwan | 5 | 1:36 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
2026-01-02 12:49:00
