so 74 points for Orlando against the Knicks that's the fewest in the entire league in any game this season

nix winning 98 to 74 fewest allowed by the nix in nearly 12 years rousing defense tonight so

i think if we were to fast forward like, I don't know, 15, 20, 30 years and maybe you're talking a kid, a grand kid or something, you're like, dad, mom, whoever, tell me about what this, what that era of Nick's basketball was like in the early 2020s.

I feel like you could pop in a tape because, of course, we still have VHS tapes then, of this game, and just show whoever

it is you're talking to this game and say, that's what it was like.

And obviously, a little bit more context is needed.

The fact that this is a team that

has been

struggling to look like a

forget a contending

NBA team, but like a team that is a

secure playoff team looking to do things after the

calendar flips to April and God willing May.

It's been a struggle.

And there were so many reasons coming into tonight to feel like, oh my goodness, how is this thing going to go over the final 20 games

when you consider the stretch of basketball that they have had?

And what they came out on their home court and did tonight.

And it wasn't just one guy.

It wasn't,

yes,

I know Brunson came back and Brunson completely and totally changes this team.

I don't give a shit what anybody says. He should still be in the running for a spot on people's MVP ballots.

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