Knicks get off to historic 23-0 lead in blowout win over Jazz

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00:00It was a beatdown by the New York Knicks at the Garden tonight, 146-112.

00:04I'm Dexter Henry, joined by Stefan Bondi.

00:07Another win for the Knicks, six wins in their last seven games.

00:10Very impressive performance, but the story to start this game that was really important for Knicks and their fans

00:14was O.G. Ananobi, his return back to the lineup.

00:17You expected him to play in one of these two games over the weekend.

00:21He played today, eight points.

00:23What did you make of the performance you saw from him?

00:25You know, I thought it was an encouraging start.

00:28I think overall, though, when you look at what the starting lineup did, 23-0 to start the game.

00:34That is the most points the Knicks have scored without the opposition scoring to start a game ever,

00:40at least since they started tracking this stuff in the late 90s.

00:43So, listen, O.G. Ananobi kind of completed the lineup that I think we're going to see for the foreseeable future,

00:49which is Josh Hart now back in the lineup, O.G. Ananobi, Mikael Bridges, Jalen Brunson, Carl Anthony Towns.

00:55We saw that a lot last season under Tom Thibodeau, and I expect to see a lot more moving forward.

01:00Well, it's interesting that we got back there, right, to the starting lineup that we saw a lot of last season.

01:05Do you personally think that is the best move for the Knicks going forward with Josh Hart in the starting lineup?

01:09Does this give them the most flexibility, or do you have concerns about what they can do defensively?

01:14Yeah, I mean, listen, Deuce would be a good replacement.

01:17I mean, Deuce is playing out of his mind right now.

01:19He had another tremendous game.

01:20But Josh Hart has been great.

01:23And I think it's, you know, when you put Josh in that lineup, he's had a lot of confidence.

01:28He's a rhythm player, and he's getting more minutes.

01:31So I think it is the right move, and it's certainly been paying off since they've made that adjustment.

01:35Yeah, it's looked really good.

01:36You just mentioned Deuce McBride, 22 points tonight here off the bench, obviously, and seven three-pointers.

01:43He's been on a heater.

01:44How important is he to this team if he can provide it off the bench, especially for a bench unit that's struggling?

01:49Yeah, no Landry Shamit for the foreseeable future.

01:53And so you need guys off the bench, and McBride is now number one.

01:57He's the guy that you're going to rely on to give your team a scoring punch off the bench.

02:01He played a lot of minutes tonight because OG was on a minutes restriction.

02:05I think that Miles will play, you know, a lot of minutes moving forward, especially if he keeps shooting like this.

02:11Yeah, he's really shooting very well for the Knicks right now.

02:14Okay, so next up for the Knicks, Steph said this the other day we did a live show.

02:17We expected this one to be a laugher.

02:18It absolutely was.

02:19Now they'll play the Orlando Magic, a team that has beat the Knicks twice.

02:22They handed them their only home loss here at Madison Square Garden.

02:26How big of a test is this for the Knicks, especially before the cup game against Toronto?

02:29And what are you looking for in this matchup on Sunday?

02:31Yeah, it's a big one.

02:32I mean, Ben Carroll's coming back for the Magic.

02:35You know, Franz Wagner has killed the Knicks.

02:38The Magic are 2-0 against the Knicks.

02:41It's a big test.

02:42I think the Knicks have shown that they can beat up on the bad teams.

02:44They did it again tonight.

02:46We'll see what they do against a much better team.

02:48The Magic have been much better lately.

02:49Yeah, we'll see what they do against the Magic.

02:51They'll be looking to get a little bit of revenge.

02:53I said they're the only team that the Knicks have lost to here at Madison Square Garden this season.

02:57But a beatdown from the Knicks, 146-112 over the Utah Jazz here at Madison Square Garden.

03:02He's Stephan Boddy.

03:03I'm Dexter Henney.

03:03We'll be back with you with more on Sunday.

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