Knicks were the big story. Nick Celtics last night, the big story. So the annoying part of it,

quite frankly, is the fact that they weren't fully healthy because I wanted to see them

with Jalen Brown in the lineup. Everybody else that was questionable, I believe, played last night,

but Jalen Brown. So that was a little bit frustrating. But the way that the Knicks played was more of the same that we saw against the Atlanta Hawks,

which is really, really encouraging.

There was more Jalen Brunson getting rid of the ball and being a guy who was facilitating and not just isolation and chucking up shots.

Josh Hart was spectacular.

Shooting threes.

And in the fourth quarter, really, really good.

Carl Anthony Towns, good defensively.

I think he only had two fouls.

It might have been three, but I think he might only had two fouls last night, which was great.

And you saw more of the action with the pick and roll with him and getting them the basketball.

And they just seemed like they were rounding into shape again. So this is the team right there, the way they have played

the last two games that I feel the best about. I'm not going to say that because they beat the

Celtics out, Jalen Brown, I'm ready for the Celtics in the playoffs. But this was the style of play

in the way that they won the game, I thought was very encouraging because it was right off the heels of a very similar win against the Atlanta Hawks. Yeah, a couple of things. One, you know, you look at that game last night, and I do agree with you. When I saw the note, four, five o'clock, six o'clock, whatever it was when I saw it, that Jalen Brown wasn't playing. It was disappointing as an outside observer watching the game. The game still had a really good feel to it. The fact that they applauded, I mean, give the Knicks fans a lot of credit. They gave it, I wondered if they were going to taunt him. Instead, they gave him a nice ovation. Tatum you're talking about, yeah.

Yeah, Jason Tatum, which I thought was very classy in the starting lineups. So that was very cool. It definitely took away a little bit from the game that Brown didn't play. But when you're making big shots down the stretch, as they did, when you're making big defensive stops, turning it. you know, um,

Tatum had what two,

I think he had six or seven

turnovers on the night.

He had a couple in the final five minutes, but I thought part of it was him. I thought part of it was the defense. The Knicks were playing. They've won 52 games. You got a couple to go. You know, I sit back in November when the season began and they were playing well and they won the NBA Cup.

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