Night without for the Knicks
Karl-Anthony Towns, Mitchell Robinson, Josh Hart and Landry Shamet were out to face the Trae Young-less Hawks. However, since their victory in the NBA Cup, c Nix are less sovereign and this loss to Atlanta at home is striking proof of that, with only 99 points on the watch.
“I’m not going to lie: we haven’t been there”, I’m guessing Jalen Brunson. “I know it’s a lame excuse, but we let our clumsiness get to us. It affected our rhythm, our sense of urgency. We didn’t play our style of basketball and that’s unacceptable.”
The Hawks led by 24 points in the game, effectively capitalizing on the considerable awkwardness of Mike Brown’s men, who finished with just 37% shooting and 21% on 3-point…
“We lacked energy in defense”says Michal Bridges. “I know we didn’t hit, but that’s no excuse not to defend, not to come back. We can’t let our clumsiness affect our defense.”
With a terrible shooting 7/24, the third quarter was terrible and the reaction of the last act, won 29-17, was not enough. “At that point it was too late”notes Jalen Brunson. “You have to have a sense of urgency during the meeting, without waiting to sink that low.”
With the address missing, the machine jammed and the Knicks suffered their worst offense of the season. “Hots don’t fall, so what should we hold on to? It has to be done in defense”, insists Mike Brown. “We didn’t do that for most of the game and that’s why we ended up losing.”
2026-01-03 09:34:00
