Knicks' dynamic offense keeps on rolling at The Garden!

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00:00You got to protect the garden at all costs.

00:02The Rangers did that.

00:03Got their first home win on Monday.

00:05And then the Knicks handled the Grizzlies on Tuesday to stay unbeaten at home.

00:09So let's talk.

00:10Go, New York.

00:11Go, New York.

00:12Go with my guy, Alex Jotaros of Knicks Fan TV.

00:16Alex, what's going on, my man?

00:17How we feeling?

00:19Brandon, I'm feeling good, man.

00:21You know, Knicks are on a five-game winning streak.

00:23They're defending home court, 7-0 at home.

00:25It's a great time to be a Knicks fan right now.

00:27Great time to be a Knicks fan, man.

00:28So let's talk about this box score because it was jumping like the club last night.

00:3333 points off, 22 turnovers.

00:36They shot 55 threes, and they hit 22 of them things.

00:40And then it's the third straight game where they've scored over $1.30 in points.

00:44Give us your takeaways from Tuesday night.

00:46And are you kind of finally seeing what this team is or what this identity could be?

00:54Well, the biggest takeaway right now for this team, Brandon,

00:56is that this team is just firing on all cylinders offensively.

01:00Mike Brown has got these guys playing decisively and quick-minded.

01:04They're not the fastest team out there in the NBA right now.

01:06They're not going to go up there, be a, you know, Showtime Lakers running and gunning.

01:10But what they are doing at a high level is processing the game at a faster pace than their opponents so far.

01:15I mean, look, the last three games, Brandon, they have scored over 130 points.

01:20They have never done this.

01:21The last three consecutive games, the New York Knicks have scored over 130 points against the Timberwolves,

01:28against the Nets, and now against the Memphis Grizzlies.

01:30And some may say, oh, look at the opponents that they're playing the last two,

01:33especially the Memphis Grizzlies are not that great, and the Nets are the Nets.

01:37But, hey, they're out there, and they're doing it, and they're executing at a high level.

01:39I mean, two games, I can tell you, the last two games, this team has put up 77 points in the first half

01:46and hold their opponents to under 55.

01:48So they're not only playing offense at a high level, they're also playing defense at a high level

01:54and opportunistic defense.

01:56They're getting in the steals, getting out in transition,

01:58and they're doing what they need to do to be a formidable team.

02:02Yeah, and you can't help who's on your schedule, right?

02:04If it's a bum team that's on the schedule, you've got to beat the bum team.

02:08And when we talk about, like, this team and how resilient that they've been

02:13at the start of the season, at one point, Alex, we saw it was tied at 30,

02:17and then they turn it on, they go on a 19-0 run.

02:19Grizzlies got close to getting in the fourth.

02:21They turn it on again.

02:23Last season, when we were doing these interviews, we talked about how they continue

02:27to play with their food and play down to their competition at time.

02:31This year, we're not really seeing that.

02:33So, if you were to give the credit, what do you or who do you give the credit to?

02:38A deeper bench, the overall pace on offense, or just more consistency on the defensive side

02:44of basketball?

02:46Look, you've got to give credit to all phases of the game and of the team.

02:51You know, that's the head coach being able to instill, you know, what their identity is,

02:55which is a fast-paced thinking team and a very opportunistic defense.

03:00You've got to give credit to Mike Brown for instilling that in this team and that they're

03:04buying in and they're playing at that high level.

03:06Then you've got to go down to the players, because they're executing on a night-to-night

03:10basis, all right?

03:11You said it yourself, Brandon.

03:13They're not playing with their food, and that has to go to the players as well, because they're

03:17being locked in, they're focused, they understand what the mission is.

03:21They have bigger aspirations than just having the most wins during the regular season.

03:24Their aspirations are to go win an NBA championship right now.

03:28So, when you look at how they're executing on a night-to-night basis, that looks like

03:31a team that has, you know, that has bought in together and they have a singular focus.

03:35And yeah, you've got to give credit to the bench.

03:37I mean, look, you've got Jordan Clarkson on this bench, another guy next to Jalen Brunson

03:41who can create his own shot, doesn't need, you know, constant, like, doesn't need to be

03:46constantly set up, right?

03:48And when you watch him out there, he's been one of the most efficient players coming off

03:51the bench.

03:51He's shooting 47% from the field right now, closing in on 50%.

03:55And this guy, over the last seven games, he, out of the last five or seven games, he's

03:59in double digits.

04:00So, when he's coming off the bench, he's not only scoring efficiently, he's giving you double

04:04digit efforts as well and helping you create that separation.

04:08And so, you know, guys like him, Deuce McBride, you know, you have Josh Hart coming off the

04:12bench now, where it seems like he's more comfortable in that role.

04:14And he's really figured himself out after having a down game against, I believe it was the Bulls.

04:20So, guys are figuring out, guys are locked in.

04:22You have a deeper bench, the head coach, and the coaching staff has these guys locked in.

04:26It's a credit to all three phases, in my opinion.

04:29If I had a phrase where I could label the years past, the bench in years past, I would

04:35say champagne taste with beer money.

04:38This year, you can have championship-like aspiration because the bench is truly, truly deeper, and

04:45you're seeing that night in, night out.

04:47All right.

04:47So, here's a big, big, big one.

04:49I'm going to put you on the spot here, Alice.

04:50You got the Magic tonight, then you got the rematch against the Heat Friday to close out

04:55this seven-game home stretch.

04:57What are these two games going to tell you about this team exactly?

05:01Look, defending home court is very important.

05:04And right now, they're undefeated.

05:06They're 7-0 at home.

05:08I'm not a big believer in this NBA where you need to have home court advantage to win an

05:13NBA championship.

05:14But when you're doing it in a convincing way, then to me, that gives me a signal saying,

05:21oh, home court advantage does matter to you.

05:25And maybe if you do gun for that, not necessarily saying the Knicks need to gun for that, because

05:29as we discussed earlier in the season, Brandon, I don't think they necessarily need to have

05:33the number one seed just because, you know, they should pace themselves and get ready for

05:37April until June.

05:38But if they are demonstrating that when they're at home, they're just like knocking teams out,

05:43then you might have to change course and say, hey, we got to do everything possible to get

05:46that home court advantage.

05:48And if the Knicks are able to defeat Miami and defeat Orlando tonight, and then you talk

05:54about Friday and continue to do this in convincing fashion, then I think we have to have another

05:59conversation about maybe getting the number one overall seed in the East.

06:03Eastern Conference is important to this team.

06:05But as of right now, it's going to start tonight against Orlando, and it's going to be Friday

06:09against Miami.

06:10All right, Alex, appreciate you hopping on, my man.

06:13Appreciate you as always, my guy.

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