Today on the Big Three in 30, the Knicks take down the Lakers in the garden.

Consistently turning plays that should not be transitioned into layups.

The Thunder bounced back with a win over the Nuggets.

The Thunder without J. Dub, without A.J. Mitchell, without Alex Caruso.

And the heat dominate against the Bulls.

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The Knicks hosted the Lakers last night and got a win behind O'G. Ananobe's 25 points.

Locked on, Knicks host Gavin Shawl recaps the victory.

Only one place we can start, and I think that is the Knicks collective commitment to pace.

And to me that does not just mean offensive pace.

Yes, they are consistently running off of rebounds.

You're seeing the impact a fully healthy Josh Hart can have consistently turning plays that should not be transition into layups, into pushes that cause

transition mismatches that eventually lead to buckets. You are seeing pace in the half court

to the New York Knicks in the way they're defending off the ball. And Mikhail Bridges just

repeatedly like hedging and helping Jalen bruntz out of a mismatch

and recovering you're seeing flow where carl anthony towns like is tagging and then stepping up and then

sliding his feet on a switch you're seeing guys falling down i mean cat's a good example of this i'll

expand it more later and then sprinting back for a rebound on the other end

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