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00:03ДИНАМИЧНАЯ МУЗЫКА
00:30...both playing in the Finals.
00:32On June 14, the Blue Shirts captured the Cup.
00:36And this one will last a lifetime!
00:40After winning back-to-back games at home
00:42and taking a 3-2 series lead,
00:45New York seemed destined to clinch its third title.
00:50Smith for three.
00:52Yes!
00:53The game is over, and it will go for a seven and decisive game.
01:00Time running out on the New York Knicks
01:02for Houston Rockets All-NBA Champions.
01:08Clutch City went on to repeat,
01:10winning the title again in 95,
01:13while the Knicks fell in the Finals once more in 99.
01:19Now, more than a quarter century later,
01:22New York, led by Jalen Brunson and Carl Anthony Towns,
01:26is determined to bring the parade down Broadway.
01:30While Kevin Durant and Alfred Shen Goon
01:32lead Houston in the hunt for their third title.
01:36The playoff countdown is on.
01:38It's the Knicks and the Rockets,
01:40next on NBC.
01:57This is the NBA on NBC.
02:01This is the NBA on NBC.
02:12This is the NBA on NBC Tuesday, presented by Kia.
02:16Houston, hello!
02:18On the final night of March,
02:20steamy Tuesday in H-Town.
02:22Fans getting ready to settle in
02:24inside the Toyota Center
02:26as the Knicks try to close in on 50 wins,
02:28and the Rockets try to keep themselves
02:30in that 3-4-5-6 mix.
02:33In the Western Conference,
02:35the Knicks lost on Sunday night basketball
02:37in Oklahoma City,
02:38trying to snap a two-game slide.
02:40The Rockets could run it home down the stretch.
02:43They've won their last two.
02:45Good evening, everyone.
02:46Thanks for having us in.
02:47Mike Tirico, the Hall of Famer,
02:48Reggie Miller, and Zora Stevenson
02:50joins us here in a little bit.
02:51We are in Houston, Space City,
02:54so let's use NASA parlance.
02:56T-minus 13 days in the regular season.
02:59Reg, this is a team in the Knicks
03:00that we've seen lose the last two games.
03:02What are you looking for tonight
03:04as this team tries to get back to winning waves?
03:06Number one, the slow starts.
03:07That has done them in.
03:08We saw that on Sunday versus OKC.
03:10Mike Brown says it's been a judgment to the team.
03:13We know what we're going to get from Jalen Brunson.
03:15He's the number one.
03:16He's the alpha.
03:17To me, they've got to establish Cat.
03:19There's no reason for him
03:20to have two field goal attempts at halftime.
03:22Carl Anthony Towns in the mix
03:23trying to get going in the right direction.
03:25Houston doing that all year.
03:27They have been carried by Kevin Durant.
03:29Remarkable, Reg, at his age.
03:31The load he's playing,
03:32he's still doing it as well as ever.
03:33Well, the knock on the Rockets a year ago
03:36is we need a veteran presence.
03:38We need a closer.
03:39Well, they got the ultimate closer this year
03:41in Kevin Durant.
03:42I like the one-two pairing with him and Shane Goon.
03:45They're going to take the ball out of his hands,
03:47and it's up to these younger Rockets
03:48to make plays on the back end.
03:50One of those younger Rockets
03:51standing by with Zora Stevenson.
03:54All right, Reed,
03:55you go from three points to 13 points per game.
03:57How did you make such a big jump
03:59from year one to year two?
03:59I think a lot of it's just confidence.
04:02You know, just working hard this summer.
04:04You know, the coaches and the staff
04:06did a good job of, you know,
04:08staying in the gym with me
04:09and just continuing to work and grow my game.
04:11The last time you all played the Knicks,
04:13you were up by 18 points in the fourth quarter
04:15but couldn't get it done.
04:16What will lead to a different result tonight?
04:17Yeah, I think just sticking together,
04:19staying simple, you know,
04:21and just sticking with what got us in that lead
04:23and just continuing that the whole game.
04:24Appreciate it.
04:25Thank you.
04:26Brings back some memories of the finals
04:28and we've got all-stars from this generation to have at them.
04:31It's the Knicks and the Rockets.
04:32Coming up next,
04:34it's the NBA on NBC.
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04:46The points, rebounds, assists,
04:48averaging just over 36.
04:50When you combine all three,
04:52Kevin Durant just under 36.
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05:08Fans filling in
05:09here at the Toyota Center.
05:11Busy time in downtown Houston.
05:14Major League Baseball,
05:15the Astros are home,
05:16playing the Red Sox.
05:18Fans get the annual visit
05:19from the Knicks here tonight.
05:21Some Knicks fans in the house
05:22as here is the New York starting lineup.
05:27Dillon Brunson, Villanova.
05:30Mikael Bridges, Villanova University.
05:33Josh Hart, Villanova University.
05:36O.G. Etanobi, Indiana University.
05:40Carl Anthony Towns, St. Joe's in touch with you.
05:46Mike Brown and the Knicks
05:47trying to bounce back
05:48after the loss in Oklahoma City.
05:50The loss in Charlotte before that.
05:52Schedule's gotten tougher the last few.
05:54And the Knicks have struggled
05:55after a seven-game winning streak.
05:59Rockets at home
06:00have not had the best record this year.
06:03But this is the Houston team
06:05that is trying to close out
06:07this regular season
06:09and get hot.
06:10They've won their last two
06:10at New Orleans
06:11and at Memphis.
06:13And the fans get ready to welcome
06:14their starting five
06:16with a little change
06:17as we check in
06:18on the Kia
06:18starting lineups.
06:34These are the kind of games
06:35you live for.
06:40It's time for Rockets' liftoff!
06:44And now, the starting five
06:46for your Houston Rockets!
06:52The man in the middle,
06:536'11 for Turkey,
06:55number 28,
06:56Albert Cengu!
06:59A 6'11 for Adam Aubrey,
07:00number 10,
07:01Shibari Smith Jr.
07:05A 6'7 guard,
07:06overtapment lead,
07:07number one,
07:08Amin Taksin!
07:12A 6'8 guard,
07:13at Louisiana State,
07:14number 17,
07:16Tari Isawa!
07:20And a 6'10 guard
07:22from Texas,
07:23number seven,
07:24Catherine Drett!
07:28Head coach for the Houston Rockets
07:30is Ime Odoka.
07:31Once again,
07:33your Houston Rockets!
07:35Rockets!
07:37A-C-K-D and Alfred Shang-Goon,
07:39Ime Odoka,
07:40rides those two
07:41as the Rockets
07:42hope to win a third
07:43consecutive game.
07:45Set for the second and final meeting
07:47of the regular season,
07:47the Knicks and the Rockets
07:49get this going on
07:50Coast to Coast Tuesday.
07:51Tip-off next.
07:54The usual late-arriving crowd
07:56here at the Toyota Center
07:57in Houston.
07:58The first meeting
07:59between these teams
08:00on a Saturday night
08:01in Madison Square Garden.
08:02Houston had an 18-point
08:04fourth-quarter lead,
08:06blew it,
08:06and lost to the Knicks,
08:07108-106.
08:11Knicks trying to chase down
08:12Boston,
08:13two behind
08:14in the loss column
08:14in the East,
08:15but also trying
08:16to steer clear
08:17of Cleveland
08:17right on their heels
08:19if the Knicks
08:19lose a third
08:20straight game
08:21here tonight, Rich.
08:22Yeah, the East
08:23is starting
08:24to heat up here,
08:26especially in that
08:27lower half.
08:27We've got
08:28Atlanta Hawks
08:29making a move up,
08:30the Hornets
08:31trying to move on up,
08:33and who wants to see
08:34Joel Embiid
08:35and Maxie
08:36and PG?
08:38exactly.
08:39It's kind of refreshing
08:40to look at the bottom
08:41of the East standings
08:42and see teams
08:43above .500.
08:43That hasn't been the case
08:44going into the playoffs
08:46with seven and eight seeds
08:47over the last few years.
08:48It's going to be tough
08:49for the Detroit's,
08:50the Boston's,
08:50and the Knicks.
08:51And even though
08:51coaches, players,
08:52saying they're not
08:53looking at the scoreboard
08:54and it doesn't matter
08:55who we play,
08:56oh, yes, it does.
08:57It does matter.
08:59Match-ups matter.
09:01Brian Forte
09:01is our crew chief
09:02along with Jason Goble,
09:04our Togut,
09:05working the game
09:06here tonight,
09:07and we're underway
09:08in Houston
09:09as Ahmed Thompson
09:10has the ball.
09:12He is part of that
09:13starting group
09:14and who's going to
09:15handle it
09:15because of the
09:16Fred Van Vliet injury.
09:17We've watched it all season.
09:19Reed Shepard
09:20was in the starting lineup
09:21for the last few.
09:22He comes out
09:22of the starting lineup
09:23tonight for match-up purposes
09:25against the Knicks.
09:26Watch this match-up now.
09:27Ahmed Thompson,
09:28length,
09:30against Jalen Brunson.
09:31Did a good job
09:32through three quarters
09:33in that first match-up
09:34in March,
09:35but Brunson came along,
09:37came alive
09:37in the fourth.
09:39Three to shoot.
09:40Brunson on the drive,
09:41inside with three bodies,
09:42gets hit,
09:43goes down,
09:44and a foul is called.
09:47Brunson gets helped up
09:48by his teammates,
09:49Harvey and Ananobi.
09:51Look at the shot here.
09:52Look at this.
09:53On the backside
09:55by Shane Goon.
09:58This is what you're
09:59going to see a lot,
10:00especially going forward
10:01with Jalen Brunson.
10:02Look at it.
10:03Is he trying to rub out
10:04that neck a little bit?
10:06Teams are going to try
10:07to put taller defenders,
10:09try to use size and length
10:12against Brunson.
10:14He's such a good
10:15and effective score
10:16to see if that can
10:17disrupt him a little bit.
10:22Game 76 for the Knicks
10:24in Game 70
10:25for their captain
10:26who is ninth in the league
10:28in scoring.
10:29You see his numbers
10:30throughout this season
10:31for Mike Brown.
10:34He'll be an All-NBA
10:36performer this year.
10:37The question's going to be
10:38which team,
10:39first, second, or third.
10:40But he's had that kind of year.
10:42Mike Brown was telling us
10:43his name needs to be discussed
10:45a little bit more
10:46in that MVP discussion.
10:50Fourteenth and assists
10:51in the lead
10:52to go ninth in points.
10:53A high-rising Thompson
10:54so quick and long,
10:56both he and his brother
10:57Asar, who plays for Detroit.
10:59Look at the numbers
11:00from Thompson.
11:01Offensively,
11:02everything has gone up.
11:04Scoring, his assists,
11:05rebounds.
11:07But what he's known for
11:08is this, defensively.
11:10Stepped out of bounds
11:11there by Bridges.
11:13Quick take by McHale
11:15off the sideline,
11:16turns it over,
11:16goes back to the Rockets.
11:19It's a Rocket team
11:21that has so many young players
11:23surrounding Durant
11:24as you talked about.
11:25Thompson 22,
11:26Reed Shepard,
11:27Barry Smith,
11:28Alperin Shangun,
11:30Tari Eason,
11:30everybody 24 or younger
11:32out of that group.
11:34But this guy
11:34still got it.
11:36At age 37,
11:38Durant into the scorebook.
11:40And the reason why
11:41that play is so effective
11:42is because you have
11:43a center in Shangun
11:45who is such a great passer
11:46for his size.
11:48Good identification by Hart,
11:50couldn't make the shot
11:51off the window.
11:52And up Thompson
11:53coming the other way.
11:56Shangun inside.
11:58And Bridges and Brunson
12:00were there,
12:00knocking away.
12:02He's had good hands.
12:04He's flipped a lot of balls.
12:05Brunson tries the three.
12:06The length of Thompson
12:07in the way.
12:16Such a part of the
12:17evolution of basketball.
12:18Durant deep three.
12:20Overtowns.
12:21Knocks it down.
12:227-1.
12:23Good early start
12:24for the Rockets.
12:25And it's a turnover
12:26by the Knicks.
12:29What did you say
12:30about early in the Knicks?
12:31Slow start.
12:32Yep.
12:32Again, we saw that
12:33on Sunday.
12:34They were able to get back
12:35in that ballgame
12:36against the Thunder.
12:38But again,
12:38another slow start
12:39here for New York.
12:41Durant feeling it
12:42early.
12:439-1.
12:48See, the Knicks
12:49on the road
12:49is they're always
12:50playing catch-up, right?
12:51They can't get out
12:52the gates quick
12:53and it puts so much
12:54pressure on your offense
12:55the rest of the way.
12:57You just see
12:58how engaged Houston
12:59gets right from the jump.
13:01Good activity
13:02on defense.
13:03Carton swipes
13:04over Shangun.
13:04and Durant
13:05was quicker.
13:06Got to the ball.
13:07Back the other way
13:08the Rockets.
13:09Eason climbing
13:10Shangun inside.
13:12Durant for three.
13:13That's 12 in a row
13:15and that's a Knicks timeout.
13:2112-0 run for Houston.
13:23A 10-0 Durant run
13:25to get this one going.
13:27And KD,
13:28we talked about him
13:29being like fine wine.
13:30His game has aged
13:32like fine wine.
13:34Can still knock down
13:35the threes.
13:37So great getting
13:38to his spot.
13:40Kevin Durant.
13:43Easy Money Sniper.
13:45Get it.
13:47Mike Brown,
13:48whose teams are not
13:49playing well of late
13:49against the better teams.
13:51This starting lineup,
13:52their best starting lineup,
13:5322-10.
13:54And they will get
13:55playoff tested here
13:56down the stretch.
13:57Five of the final seven
13:58including tonight.
13:59Teams in the playoff picture.
14:01Drew it up for Ananobi
14:02out of the timeout.
14:03It's off the mark.
14:05Reggie, I'm interested
14:05in that Knicks bench
14:06was standing up
14:06trying to cheer their guys on
14:08after that timeout.
14:10Doesn't matter
14:10what they're doing.
14:11Thompson scores 14-0
14:14run for Houston.
14:16Defensively,
14:17look how active
14:18the Rockets are now.
14:19Everything,
14:20every time there's a screen
14:22or a switch,
14:24actively.
14:26Towns went down
14:27to do business
14:28and it's out of bounds
14:28off Houston.
14:29Thompson was the last
14:30to touch it.
14:31The Knicks,
14:32they are 0-5
14:34from the field
14:35in this one.
14:37And they've gone back
14:38to their normal
14:38starting lineup
14:39with Easton
14:40on the floor
14:41instead of Reed Shepard
14:42back to the bench.
14:43I mean,
14:44it's that added size
14:45and that ability
14:47to switch everything
14:50defensively.
14:51Look at this.
14:52Everything is a struggle
14:53here for New York
14:54early on.
14:55See that Knicks bench,
14:56all those guys
14:56standing up.
14:57They know they have
14:58to stop
14:58these poor starts.
15:00A little support there
15:01as Brunson knocks down
15:02the first field goal
15:03of the game
15:04for New York.
15:07Durant had that stretch
15:08where he scored 10 points.
15:09It was an all-KD
15:1010-0 run.
15:11That's the fourth time
15:12in his career
15:13that he has scored
15:1410 points
15:15and nobody else
15:16on the floor
15:17has scored
15:17during that stretch.
15:23right back to Durant.
15:25He sees two.
15:26Shengun will try three.
15:27Coming off a huge game
15:29Sunday in New Orleans.
15:31Alperin Shengun
15:32keeps it rolling.
15:36Reds, you nailed it
15:37in the open.
15:38These Knicks
15:39are slow starters
15:40and that is going
15:41to be a problem
15:41digging out
15:42against good teams.
15:44Block at eight.
15:46Hart's got nothing.
15:48Bridges sees a nice
15:49switch by Thompson
15:50but it left
15:51and it'll be free.
15:52Bridges rebound.
15:54Hart thought about
15:54the straight on three.
15:55Looking for two.
15:57Got it.
15:58Both of these teams
15:59are excellent
16:01offensive rebounding teams.
16:03Sometimes your best
16:04offense is a missed shot.
16:09Rockets haven't missed
16:10their last seven shots.
16:13Seven in a row
16:14for the field.
16:15Eason for eight.
16:16Oh my goodness.
16:18Great ball movement here
16:20and what a welcome sight
16:21for Eason to see
16:23that three go through.
16:25He had really been
16:25struggling and now
16:26another steal here
16:28for the Rockets.
16:29Thompson, Eason
16:30throws it down.
16:35Oh my goodness.
16:36Houston out here
16:37flying around.
16:4322 to four run.
16:45Hart drives in a much
16:47needed three.
16:48That was a dare shot.
16:50They weren't going to
16:50allow Cat to get the ball
16:51down low
16:52with KD guarding him.
16:55Josh Hart is going to have
16:56to prove that he can
16:57knock down those three.
17:00Shen Goon, Eason out
17:02of the corner.
17:03Reg alluded to it.
17:04Struggling mightily
17:05from three.
17:06Put it on the deck.
17:07Gave KD a look
17:08and got the putback.
17:10Energized Tari Eason.
17:12Seven quick points
17:14for Eason.
17:20And didn't go for any
17:22of those pump fits.
17:26Towns has it.
17:27Try to use the spin
17:28baseline.
17:28Sam Newman
17:29outside too late.
17:30Why do you like it?
17:31Because he's making
17:32quick moves
17:33and quick decisions.
17:34We were watching him
17:36in that OKC game.
17:37He was waiting
17:38for the double team
17:39to come
17:39and giving it up
17:40too early.
17:41You talk about confidence.
17:42You talk about feeling it.
17:44Tari Eason couldn't
17:45buy a three
17:45the whole month of March.
17:47Now he has scored
17:48the last ten
17:49for Houston.
17:5227 to 10.
17:59Bridges.
18:00Thompson again.
18:01Made another tough shot
18:02happen.
18:03That's a good make
18:04by Mikael Bridges.
18:05That's a great make
18:07by Mikael Bridges.
18:09Good deep better.
18:11All right.
18:12Oh my goodness.
18:14I love watching
18:15the Thompson Twins play.
18:16One in Detroit.
18:17One here in Houston.
18:18They're building
18:19young players
18:20supreme athleticism.
18:22And they do more
18:23on the defensive end
18:24maybe than on the
18:25offensive end right now.
18:26But man,
18:27they add so much
18:28to their teams.
18:30Duran pocket pass
18:32to Thompson.
18:34Oh my goodness.
18:35What a beautiful
18:37alley-oop
18:37from Shane Goon.
18:39Thompson
18:41high diving
18:42from the rafters
18:44here.
18:44And everything
18:45is clicking
18:46here
18:47in Houston.
18:50Oh my goodness.
18:51Little touch
18:52pass
18:53alley.
18:54And how about the
18:55oop.
18:55Look at the head.
18:56Look at the head
18:57there by Thompson.
18:58Looking at tonight's
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19:13Reg, what a beautiful play.
19:15Touch pass.
19:16Everything is a touch pass
19:17with these teams.
19:18And Shane Goon,
19:20four of the nine assists
19:21here in this first quarter.
19:23Look at Thompson's head,
19:25people.
19:26Look at his arms.
19:28Wow.
19:30Nice problem to have.
19:31It is.
19:32It is.
19:34One would assume.
19:39Brumson on the tape.
19:40And Koge comes in
19:41for Houston.
19:42Providing good defense.
19:43Stays down here.
19:443.3 to go.
19:46Josh Okoge checking in
19:47along with Reed Shepard.
19:48And you know
19:49when you're rolling
19:50Easton knocking down
19:51another three.
19:52Had been struggling.
19:53But when you get high fives
19:54from your coach
19:55on the way down,
19:56that's how you know
19:57you're rolling.
19:58Rolling to the basket.
19:59Mitchell Robinson.
20:00He can't finish
20:01as he comes off the bench
20:03to add some energy
20:04for the Knicks.
20:05Stays down here
20:06with New York.
20:08I may have mentioned this,
20:09but it's good to see
20:10Deuce McBride
20:10back on the floor.
20:12Took that
20:13hard fall on Sunday
20:15in that Thunder game.
20:17McBride had core surgery,
20:18abdominal injury.
20:19Down for the better part
20:21of two months.
20:21Another rock to Robinson.
20:23Nice finish
20:23with a right hand
20:24by Mitchell Robinson.
20:26One of the best
20:26offensive rebounders
20:27in the league.
20:29Great find there
20:30by Brunson.
20:31Even better hands
20:32by Robinson.
20:37Mark defensively
20:39not giving Durant
20:39any room.
20:40Those two
20:40have their arms tangled.
20:42And they're gonna get
20:43hardened for the foul.
20:52First team foul
20:52on the Knicks.
20:53Just one
20:54on Houston
20:55here in the first
20:56eight minutes
20:56of this one.
20:58You showed the shot
20:59from Eason earlier.
21:00He and Durant
21:01both have ten
21:02for Eason.
21:02It's his most points
21:03in the first quarter
21:04of this season.
21:05Reed Shepard
21:06was in the starting lineup.
21:07Comes off the bench
21:08tonight.
21:08and hits that two
21:10off the glass.
21:11Did you see
21:12how high he had
21:13to throw it off
21:13the glass
21:14with Robinson closing?
21:17Just aim for
21:18a man Thompson
21:19where a man Thompson's
21:20head was.
21:20On a dunk.
21:22Martin.
21:23Nice cut by Brunson
21:24through traffic.
21:26Shot clock at five.
21:28Brunson dancing
21:29with Durant.
21:31He lost the ball.
21:33Houston ball.
21:35And Mike, this
21:36this might be the best
21:39defense I've seen
21:40Houston
21:42to start a ball game.
21:44I mean, they are
21:45engaged and locked
21:47in defensively.
21:51Defensive numbers
21:52are good, but it
21:52doesn't feel like
21:53it's a presence
21:54that overpowers you
21:55when you watch
21:55who does here tonight.
21:58Ball was deflected
21:59away, I believe.
22:00Officials just look
22:01at each other
22:02and make sure.
22:02It's Houston ball.
22:05You've got to throw
22:05it high when Robinson
22:07is rotating over.
22:08Great angle, too.
22:09Better English.
22:12Shepard.
22:13You heard Zora
22:14talk it to him
22:14beforehand.
22:16Average three and a half
22:17points in his rookie
22:18season now up to
22:19almost 13.
22:21They clocked Durant
22:22over Robinson.
22:23He almost had to
22:24bank it in.
22:25It's going to be
22:26saved by Hart.
22:27The Knicks push.
22:29Speed on the floor.
22:30Akoge comes to behind,
22:31almost knocked it away.
22:33Brunson sees Durant.
22:35Had to get rid of it
22:36quick.
22:37And is off the KD
22:38and stays down here.
22:40Brunson one of four
22:41here tonight.
22:43He is facing Link.
22:45He had, I mean,
22:45Thompson guarded him
22:47to start the ball game
22:48in the last two
22:48possessions.
22:49The 6-10, 6-11,
22:51Kevin Durant
22:52draped all over him.
23:02and runs it for now.
23:04Deuce McBride shoots
23:06over the top and misses.
23:07He did not score
23:09in his return to the
23:09lineup on Sunday.
23:12Durant is fending off
23:13Clarkson.
23:14Cliff Capella rolls
23:15to the basket.
23:16And his second stint
23:18with the Houston Rockets.
23:22Brunson sees a little
23:23space to operate.
23:25Got that shot off quick.
23:27To your point,
23:28that's all he needs
23:29is that little space.
23:30So crafty clean
23:33in space
23:34in tight situations.
23:37Thompson.
23:40Bride on the board.
23:42He's trying to chisel
23:42into a Houston lead.
23:44As big as 17 early on.
23:46Deuce.
23:47Go on the trace.
23:48And it goes to Houston.
23:50Mike Brown told us
23:51he's okay with Deuce
23:53trying to get in rhythm
23:54here as he goes through
23:55these next few games.
23:56You're going to need him
23:57for the playoffs
23:57if you haven't had him
23:58for the last couple of months.
23:59Before the core surgery,
24:01to me, he was arguably
24:03the best three-point shooter
24:04on this team.
24:05He was locked in, loaded.
24:08Grant takes the body,
24:10takes the contact,
24:11and Kevin, with ten points,
24:13will come to the line
24:13for the first time tonight.
24:16First time.
24:23I see Deuce McGrath.
24:25Miles, given first name,
24:27his fifth year out of West Virginia.
24:32The fifth all-time leading scorer
24:34in league history now.
24:35Kevin Durant
24:37doesn't have to it.
24:38Getting down the stretch,
24:39a lot of these games
24:40have a lot of importance.
24:41National TV schedule,
24:43ESPN tomorrow
24:44have the Celtics
24:45and the Heat,
24:45and then the Spurs
24:46and the Warriors.
24:47Thursday on Prime Video,
24:49it is Minnesota
24:50in Detroit
24:50to take on the Pistons
24:52and the Lakers
24:53and the Thunder
24:53in Oklahoma City.
24:54More on these games,
24:55NBA.com,
24:56or visit the NBA app.
24:59The game last night,
24:59Pistons sitting most
25:00of their top players
25:02because they are playing
25:03the second of a back-to-back
25:04tonight,
25:05and SGA had to get
25:07OKC everything he could
25:09to get the Thunder
25:10a victory.
25:11They had no J-Dub.
25:13He was sitting out
25:13because there was
25:14a back-to-back.
25:14No, Isaiah Hardenstein.
25:17Who they did have,
25:19that dude.
25:22Clarkson converts.
25:23He's looking at some
25:24other perimeter scoring,
25:26and Clarkson is averaging
25:28nine points a game.
25:29The vet knocked him down.
25:31He's found his way
25:32back into the rotation.
25:33There was a while there
25:34where he was out
25:35of Mike Brown's rotation.
25:38Conceived two.
25:39Shepard trying to get it
25:40all the way over to Durant
25:41on the skip.
25:44Clock at five.
25:45He and Shingun
25:45do a little two-man game.
25:47Bodies to the floor.
25:48Clock running down.
25:49Knicks have it.
25:51Four on four.
25:52Shingun and Ananovia
25:53behind the play.
25:55Brunson loves it.
25:56Robinson finishes
25:57at the rim.
25:59And here they come.
26:00And how are they getting
26:02back in this ballgame?
26:04Defensively.
26:05Right now, the Knicks
26:06up and at them.
26:08A little bit more
26:08aggressive.
26:09Shepard, corner three
26:11for the second-year man.
26:13Third overall pick
26:14out of Kentucky.
26:15What a dead-eye shooter.
26:21Slides at Brunson.
26:22The denial from Thompson.
26:24Wave away the other way.
26:25Shepard, KD.
26:32I mean, Thompson does not play.
26:36He does not play defensively.
26:41and the other way.
26:42Six and change.
26:42Six and change.
26:42The difference game in shot clock
26:44back into this opening quarter.
26:47Shepard comes at Brunson.
26:49Mounts to McBride.
26:50Deuce for three.
26:51Peace.
26:51Robinson inside, fouled with 1.2 to go
26:55on the way up.
26:56Mitchell Robinson,
26:57one of the poorest free-throw
26:58shooters in the league,
26:59coming to the line.
27:03Great timing there by Thompson
27:05to come up with that block.
27:10So here's Robinson's.
27:11Sensational rebounding season.
27:13Top 15 in the league.
27:14But this is where it is a struggle
27:16and that only gets magnified
27:18around playoff time.
27:21Watch a three here in transition
27:23from Reed to close out
27:25this first quarter.
27:32Get one more.
27:33Mo Diar is going to come in
27:35for the Knicks.
27:35Here at the end of
27:37this first quarter.
27:39Brunson will extend his rest
27:40by about a half minute.
27:41Got a lot of size on the floor
27:43here defensively for the Knicks
27:44so you can switch everything.
27:47Robinson, 37 of 96
27:49at the line
27:51on the season.
27:53Going to sort this out here.
27:59The sub and Bridges
28:00coming in for Clarkson
28:01to add his defensive presence
28:04and size.
28:07Talking about switching everything
28:09defensively for the Knicks
28:11if you're Houston here.
28:13A little love action, drag action
28:15for Shepard.
28:21Robinson splits the pair.
28:22It's better than his average.
28:25Final seconds of a terrific
28:26first quarter for the Rockets.
28:29and Shen Goon
28:30got all the way down
28:31and got fouled.
28:36I'm watching Kevin Durant
28:38who was applauding Shen Goon there
28:39and then just looking at the footwork
28:41with him.
28:42Here's the foul.
28:43In terms of footwork,
28:45Shen Goon,
28:47he's in that same category
28:48of fundamentals along with
28:50the Joker,
28:51Jokic,
28:52Jokic,
28:52and Denver.
28:53And those two,
28:54Durant,
28:55Shen Goon,
28:56have formed a good bond
28:57between two one-two punch
29:00superstars in our game.
29:03They are in constant
29:04communication all the time.
29:07To see the rhythm
29:08they've built all year, right?
29:10As they've gotten used to play
29:11with each other.
29:12The Rockets
29:14shot 75% from the field.
29:16They need to get another person
29:17on the line here for this free throw.
29:18Oh, there they are.
29:19Durant, Shen Goon.
29:20They've helped the Rockets
29:21as they've gone
29:22six of nine from the field.
29:24Goes to.
29:25The team is 15 of 20.
29:28That would be their highest
29:30first quarter field goal
29:31percentage of the season.
29:32Shen Goon missed.
29:34The quarter comes to an end.
29:37The Houston Rockets
29:38got off to a sensational start
29:40in this first
29:41and lead the Knicks
29:4237-21.
29:45McHale Bridges in New York
29:46punched in the mouth
29:47early again
29:48on the road
29:49against the Western Conference
29:51playoff team.
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29:59and the Tigers
30:00interleague clash
30:01in the Motor City.
30:02Sunday Night Baseball
30:04live on Peacock.
30:06Some Astros fans
30:08here in attendance.
30:10Memory serves me right.
30:11That should be the first
30:12return to Detroit
30:14home star for Justin Verlander
30:16as he's back in the Tigers.
30:18Looking forward to that
30:19Sunday night
30:20with our buddy Jason Benetti
30:21and the team
30:22on Peacock.
30:23Second quarter begins here.
30:25Mike Tirico, Reggie Miller,
30:26Zora Stevenson.
30:27The Rockets pick up
30:28an early foul.
30:30Reds are leading
30:3037-21.
30:32Knicks team
30:33that prides itself
30:34on the defense
30:35they can play.
30:36Gave them 75%
30:38shooting from the field
30:39in that first quarter.
30:40And almost 40 points.
30:41And again
30:42their defense is starting
30:44to pick up
30:44but they've dug themselves
30:46such a hole here
30:47as Alvarado knocks down
30:48his first three
30:50of the evening.
30:51Jose Alvarado
30:52hit two of those
30:53in the game
30:54against Oklahoma City.
30:5617-point
30:57first quarter deficit.
30:59The largest end
31:00of the first quarter
31:01deficit for the Knicks
31:02this season
31:03as the aforementioned
31:05Alvarado
31:05picks up the foul.
31:12Rockets have brought in
31:13two new guards
31:13and Ja'Shawn Tate
31:15and Aaron Holiday.
31:18It's a Houston team
31:19that has had
31:20very little from their bench
31:22throughout the season.
31:25Shingun
31:25finds Tate.
31:28Off on the three.
31:29Shingun got the board.
31:31Holiday ready to launch.
31:33Both guards come in
31:34and miss.
31:35Third try Thompson.
31:36Smith will give it a whirl.
31:39Anybody else want to
31:40miss a three?
31:41Knicks very fortunate
31:44here because you've got
31:46the best rebounding team
31:47and the best offensive
31:48rebounding team in Houston
31:50dominating the glass here early.
31:52Came up short right there though.
31:55And Anobi working on Tate
31:56steps back
31:57and OG Ananobi
31:59start to the second here.
32:01A 5-0 run to start
32:02this second quarter, Mike.
32:06The Rockets trying to run
32:07offense through Shingun
32:08and the Knicks try to take
32:09that away
32:10as Durant gets a rest
32:12after his 13-point opening quarter.
32:14Mike, this is where the Rockets
32:16have had issues
32:17is when Durant goes to the bench
32:19after these big leads.
32:21Another three off the mark
32:22by Holiday.
32:234-3 is missed
32:24in the first 90 seconds
32:26of this second quarter.
32:28Towns.
32:29Shingun gave him no space.
32:31Big dribble by Alvarado.
32:34Clarkson.
32:35There you go, Reg.
32:36There's the start.
32:37And Emi Odoka
32:37needs to pull the plug.
32:39Timeout.
32:407-0 run
32:41and the Knicks get right
32:42back in this water.
32:47Time for the off the court report
32:49and Zora Stevenson.
32:50Thanks, Mike.
32:51Kevin Durant's body
32:52is so aligned and consistent.
32:54He does not use
32:55an alarm clock ever.
32:56He told me his body
32:57naturally wakes him up
32:58every game day
32:59at 7 a.m.
33:00And this all started back
33:01in 2022.
33:02He was using alarm clocks
33:03and started getting up
33:04before they went off.
33:05So he said,
33:05I'm just going to stop
33:06using them.
33:07And then I asked him,
33:08okay, how does all this relate
33:09to what you do on the court?
33:11And he said muscle memory, right?
33:12It's an indicator
33:13that his body is doing
33:15exactly what it needs to do.
33:16Does he wish that he
33:17could sleep in some days?
33:18Sure.
33:19But the body clock is working.
33:20Zora, are you a no alarm person?
33:23Alarm every single day.
33:24I need it.
33:24I wouldn't be here right now.
33:26You got some youngins
33:27to wake you up as well, right?
33:29That's crazy, right?
33:31You should be panicked
33:32about missing a bus,
33:33missing a shoot around,
33:34anything.
33:37I don't need an alarm clock.
33:39Whatsoever.
33:40My body wakes me up.
33:42Yeah, I don't need it.
33:45I do not need it.
33:46And that's an NBA lifer right there
33:48because ball is life with KD.
33:51That's how it's always been,
33:52even going back to his days
33:54in high school.
33:56You know,
33:56he would get up at a certain time,
33:58go get 500, 700, 1,000 shots up.
34:01It's all about the game with KD.
34:06You need an alarm clock,
34:08I assume.
34:08Several.
34:10Several.
34:11Because then it becomes,
34:13okay, what time zone am I in?
34:14Yes.
34:15Who am I working with?
34:16Well, you're a little bit different.
34:17Where are we going?
34:18No, but, you know,
34:19are you a hit the snooze guy?
34:21No.
34:21You don't even set an alarm.
34:23There's times if I have an early flight somewhere,
34:26I'll set the alarm once,
34:27but I know I'm up anyway.
34:29You're up right away.
34:29I'm in fear of I'm going to miss my flight.
34:31I just,
34:32my body clock wakes me up.
34:35It's time to go.
34:36And it makes sense with KD,
34:38like you said.
34:39It just feels like his life
34:40is just so patterned around basketball.
34:42It also feels like he's awake all the time
34:44and watching and paying attention.
34:46It's part of an unbelievable basketball life
34:49still going strong.
34:50Carl Anthony Towns misses.
34:52Got it back.
34:53Feeds Ananobi.
34:55That's off.
34:56Third try for the Knicks on this trip.
34:59Alvarado pays it off.
35:02Alvarado has come in here
35:03to start this second quarter
35:06and has put a dent here
35:08in the defense of the Rockets.
35:11Again, offensive rebounding
35:12being the Knicks offense here
35:15in the second quarter.
35:16And Houston has gone cold from the field.
35:19Take tower drive.
35:20Nothing.
35:21Shot clock at three.
35:22Smith got a catch and fling.
35:24Now Thompson
35:26off in time.
35:28Doesn't matter.
35:28Shot clock violation.
35:30And the Rockets have missed
35:31their first six shots
35:33of this second quarter.
35:35But can we give the Knicks credit
35:37defensively
35:37to start this second quarter
35:39and it has started
35:41with the guy
35:42with the basketball
35:43Jose Alvarado
35:44who's made a couple threes
35:46but defensively
35:48his defense
35:49at the point of contact
35:50has been great.
35:52Towns and Shang-Goon
35:53first they dance
35:54and they body.
35:55A Towns elbow
35:56up by Shang-Goon's head
35:57and he's asking
35:58for another look at it.
36:00A foul on the floor
36:01is called on Shang-Goon
36:02but the Towns elbow
36:04which happens
36:04almost once a game
36:06got up by the player's head.
36:09Some of this on Sunday.
36:13Oh wow.
36:14Look at that shot.
36:15And they're going to challenge it.
36:17Towns has the ball though.
36:18It's too late.
36:19Yep.
36:19He has the ball.
36:20It is too late.
36:22So the ball was handed
36:23to Towns for the free throws
36:24and they cannot challenge.
36:26We saw this on Sunday
36:27when it was a flagrant foul
36:29on Towns.
36:31Look at the off arm right here.
36:33Look at that left hand.
36:35Oh right there to the chops.
36:38And Shang-Goon got up right away
36:39and said challenge.
36:40Emi Oduke was waiting
36:41for the back line
36:42to look at it.
36:44Rich it's really one of the
36:46unheralded pressure points
36:47in the league.
36:48The job of having to look
36:50at those angles
36:51on an iPad
36:52as they come in quick.
36:53Right?
36:55And the Knicks did a good job
36:56of getting all their
36:57rebounders in position.
36:58If you're Houston
36:59your gamesmanship
37:00is maybe I keep a guy
37:01off the line.
37:02Get late to be there
37:03so the ball doesn't get
37:04put back in play.
37:07Lead was 17.
37:09Very quickly it's a half dozen.
37:11And the Rockets
37:13who couldn't miss
37:14in the first
37:14can't make in the second.
37:16Crocs it on the hit ahead.
37:18And the Knicks
37:19cut it to four.
37:20And all this being done
37:22while Kevin Durant
37:24is sitting
37:24and watching.
37:2714-2 the count here
37:29in this second quarter.
37:31I remember
37:32the Rockets have given up
37:34huge leads here
37:35this season.
37:37They do a nice pass.
37:38Tate finally breaks
37:40the 0-7 start
37:41to the second quarter.
37:43under that overtime loss
37:45in Minnesota.
37:48Just watch that game
37:49in disbelief.
37:53Part of the losing skid
37:55that the Rockets were on
37:57and they beat Memphis
37:58and New Orleans
37:58the last two games.
38:00Alvarado.
38:01Eight points.
38:04He needed to bring
38:06what the Knicks needed
38:07at the start of the game.
38:08Absolutely.
38:08Right.
38:09That kind of energy.
38:09That energy.
38:10That toughness.
38:14New York-born guy
38:16born in Brooklyn.
38:17Price the King High School.
38:20Came over
38:20at the trade deadline
38:22from New Orleans.
38:23It's a foul
38:23down here
38:25after the basket
38:26I believe.
38:27It's away from
38:27the shooting action.
38:29I think they're going
38:29to get Alvarado
38:30with a push in the back.
38:32So the basket's going
38:34to count
38:34one free throw
38:34I believe.
38:37Here's the shot
38:38by
38:39Smith Jr.
38:40right there.
38:41Yeah there's the shot
38:44to the chest
38:45of Shane Goon
38:46who's going to shoot
38:46the one free throw.
38:49But you know what?
38:50This is why I like
38:51Alvarado.
38:52I mean he is
38:52for his size
38:53not afraid
38:54to mix it up.
38:56Trains
38:57boxing
38:58and mixed martial arts
39:00in the offseason.
39:02So he's not afraid
39:03of a little contact.
39:06He picks up the foul.
39:07He's got a couple
39:08in this quarter.
39:10Schengen
39:10the free throw
39:11the lead
39:11is seven.
39:15Starting to look
39:16at who are the guys
39:16who are going to get
39:17minutes depending
39:17on matchups
39:18in rotations
39:19for the playoffs.
39:21Alvarado
39:21bringing the Knicks
39:22some juice here.
39:24Teeed up
39:24Van Anobi
39:24missed the three.
39:25Carl Anthony Towns
39:26getting involved
39:27with players
39:27on almost every trip
39:29here.
39:29Gotta be careful
39:30as he picked up
39:31a silly foul.
39:33Shepard.
39:35Good D there
39:36by Jordan Clarkson.
39:38And again.
39:40And again.
39:41That's a lockdown D
39:42there by Clarkson.
39:43Thompson climbs
39:44to the basket.
39:45Corner pitch.
39:47East and a three.
39:49For a guy who has been
39:51struggling with that
39:52three-point shot
39:54East and has come alive
39:56from three.
39:56He was shooting
39:57about 42% up until
39:59the All-Star break
40:00and only 16% since.
40:11We won nine road games
40:14and we had non-believers
40:16all along the way.
40:18I have one thing
40:19to say to those
40:20non-believers.
40:21Don't ever
40:22underestimate
40:23the heart of a champion.
40:27The great Rudy Tomjanovich
40:29we showed you
40:30at the start of the game
40:31the 94 NBA title
40:32with the Knicks
40:34and the Rockets
40:35in that series
40:35and then they go
40:36back-to-back
40:36in 95 beating Orlando
40:38in that heart of a champion.
40:39Six-seeded team
40:41came through so much
40:42in that first run
40:44and Rudy T
40:45and many other
40:46Rockets legends here.
40:47That was one of the
40:48great post-game
40:49trophy presentation quotes
40:51in major sports history
40:53and one that resonated
40:54with the nickname
40:55Clutch City
40:56for a long time.
40:58So cool to see
40:59Coach Rudy T
41:00and a lot of those
41:01legends being honored
41:03for some of the timeouts here.
41:06Rockets honoring part
41:07of their legacy here tonight.
41:09Josh Hart
41:09missing the three.
41:10Kevin Durant back
41:11on the floor
41:12for Houston
41:13as the Rockets
41:16get the lead
41:17back out to 10.
41:20It's short.
41:21Brunson
41:21with the rebound
41:22for New York.
41:28the length of this Rockets team
41:31to defend Brunson
41:32and give him
41:32problems tonight.
41:34McBride
41:34sees Durant
41:35trying to get rid of him.
41:37He's short
41:38looking for that
41:39first field goal
41:40since his return.
41:410-4 tonight.
41:44Reed Shepard
41:45got some space.
41:46Teed up Durant.
41:49Last off the Rockets
41:51and Clint Capella
41:52goes back to the Knicks.
41:58Let's see if
41:59the Knicks
42:00and
42:02Jayler and Brunson
42:03enjoy our game
42:03I think we're going to give
42:05to the Knicks
42:06here
42:07to lay a game warning
42:08on the Knicks bench.
42:12We were talking about
42:13in the break
42:13when Durant went out
42:15the Knicks defense
42:15and Mike Brown's team
42:16picked it up
42:17but the Rockets
42:18just did not look
42:19as confident
42:20as they were
42:21in that first quarter.
42:22What is it about
42:23those times
42:23without Durant
42:24as the double comes
42:26but Brunson gets rid of him?
42:27To me
42:28you need a
42:29four-journal
42:29a four-leader
42:30again we talked about
42:32the loss of Dan Bleak
42:33there's
42:34heartless
42:35and another three
42:36you need a guy
42:37that's going to be able
42:38to settle the truth
42:38when you're a guy
42:40here's a long three
42:42by Lee Shepard
42:44he settles the truth
42:46when Durant
42:47was on the bench
42:48they go to Shane Goon
42:49but remember
42:50he's still a young guy.
42:53Now we're in
42:54at 23 years old
42:569-0 run by
42:57Houston
42:58to get right back
42:58in it
42:59they cried again
43:00just can't get it
43:01to go down
43:02you see his teammates
43:03kind of encouraging him
43:04they know that shot's
43:06going to go
43:07at some point
43:08KD
43:08for pocket passer
43:10Clint Capella
43:11nice one more
43:12that's hit the side
43:13of the board
43:14for Eason
43:16who has hit
43:17his first
43:18three three-pointers
43:19on the night
43:22Shepard the knockaway
43:23from behind
43:23Robinson chasing
43:25Shepard get up
43:33there's Deuce McBride
43:34first one
43:35goes in
43:35been a while
43:36since he's seen a shot
43:37go in
43:38and how about
43:39the expression
43:40afterwards
43:41there by Deuce
43:42it's been two months
43:44and three days
43:45since he saw
43:46a shot go in the hoop
43:48during an NBA game
43:50Shepard's confident
43:51after the three
43:52and the dunk
43:53Reed Shepard
43:54having a little run
43:55here
43:5712 points
43:58now
43:58for Shepard
43:59off the bench
44:02hard trying to get it
44:03to Robinson
44:04in the way
44:04Clint Capella
44:05Shepard the bounce
44:06ahead
44:07Eason
44:07Durant
44:11see how easy
44:12it happens
44:13when Durant
44:14is on the floor
44:16the problem
44:17is when he has
44:17to go to the bench
44:18right now
44:19this
44:20Houston team
44:22everything clicking
44:23was number seven
44:24on the floor
44:24he doesn't need
44:25an alarm
44:26he doesn't need rest
44:26but a playoff 48
44:29about the talent
44:30to a little one-legger
44:31uh-uh
44:32Mitchell Robinson
44:33got hit up by his face
44:34McBride
44:35a fake
44:35and a take
44:37can't make
44:37back-to-back
44:41Hart
44:41and Brunson
44:42minus 22
44:43for the Knicks
44:44so far
44:44Eason
44:46plus 26
44:47in terms of points
44:48when they're on the floor
44:49thus far
44:50in this one
44:56Shepard
44:56runs over Brunson
44:58will go the other way
44:59Shepard looks to the bench
45:00to request a review
45:02a challenge
45:03McBride
45:03he may have been
45:04pulled down
45:04by Brunson
45:05he said no
45:08there was a lot of contact
45:10both ways
45:10but look at
45:11the off arm
45:12yeah
45:12that would not have been
45:14slipped
45:14no
45:15there was too much contact
45:17there both ways
45:20here's the swipe around
45:22from Shepard
45:22but more importantly
45:24the get up
45:25by Shepard
45:27we know about this guy
45:28being able to get up
45:29he's done it for 19 seasons
45:3215 points tonight
45:34for Durant
45:3532,424 for his career
45:40appreciated people
45:41I hope you guys are appreciating
45:43what you're seeing
45:44from KD
45:45LeBron
45:46Stephen Curry
45:51guys in their late 30s
45:54one healthy
45:55still bringing in
45:56Steph getting closer
45:57to coming back
45:58LeBron missed a couple
45:59of stretches
46:00but you see what he can do
46:01Luka out
46:02because of the
46:03excessive number of
46:04technicals
46:05and LeBron just put up
46:06a sweet triple-double
46:07the other night
46:07triple-double
46:08and this guy
46:09game 72 on the season
46:11and averaging
46:1230 minutes
46:14at age 37
46:15averaging 37 minutes
46:17almost unheard of
46:18in golf
46:20they talk about
46:20shooting your age
46:21in the NBA
46:22it's averaging
46:23the number of minutes
46:24of your age
46:24and it's nuts
46:25that he's doing it
46:26Brunson
46:27elbow
46:28stepping through
46:29off the window
46:31Jalen deep in his bag
46:35and that's against
46:36a great defender
46:38what a move there
46:39by Brunson
46:43Durant three
46:48gifted
46:49sorry people
46:50just straight
46:51gifted
46:53hand of God
46:54touched him
46:55it's a three threes
46:57he has 18
46:58on the night
46:58Denyan Brunson
47:00out at the top
47:01Bridges pitches
47:03out of Noby
47:04OG off the mark
47:05Knicks 4 of 17
47:07on the three ball
47:08tonight
47:09Thompson keeps it
47:10Durant gets it
47:11back to him
47:15Durant's their anchor
47:16now you know
47:18if you're E-May
47:19can you extend that
47:2137 to 40 maybe
47:23in the playoffs
47:25probably
47:26probably
47:27probably
47:27no back-to-backs
47:28yeah
47:29absolutely
47:32he's able to sit in the whole
47:33fourth quarter as they were
47:35blowing out New Orleans
47:36in Louisiana
47:36on Sunday night
47:38Josh Hart
47:38gets inside
47:40he's got seven
47:40for the Knicks
47:41no Knick in double figures
47:43three Rockets in double figures
47:45as the driving
47:47man Thompson was fouled
47:48here with a buck
47:49six
47:50left of the hat
47:52pump fake
47:52step through
47:53one more dribble
47:55look at that
47:56off the glass
47:57here's the path
47:59finding Thompson
48:00Thompson with the finish
48:03good start
48:05trying to start
48:07Durant with 18
48:08Easton
48:09third team
48:09Thompson
48:11close to double figures
48:12and Shepard off the bench
48:14here
48:14foul on Robinson
48:16bowls over
48:17Easton
48:17goes down
48:19and in some discomfort
48:21as his teammates
48:22help him up
48:23Rich there was a moment
48:24before Durant
48:26Durant hit
48:27the three
48:28or Shepard hit the three
48:29excuse me
48:30and Durant looked right at him
48:31and clapped
48:32gave him an attaboy
48:33there was a game earlier
48:34this season
48:35that both Shepard
48:36and Durant played well
48:37and one was doing
48:38the national TV interview
48:39and the other was doing
48:40radio
48:42and Durant waited
48:43for Shepard
48:44and kind of put his arm
48:45around him
48:45almost like
48:46I'm
48:47I'm letting you know
48:48I'm good with you
48:49because we're going to need
48:51you Reed Shepard
48:51in these playoff games
48:53and building up the confidence
48:54of the second year players
48:55well you look at
48:56Houston's
48:57and their bench
48:59it's terrible
49:00in terms of scoring
49:01the basketball
49:01the 29th
49:03in terms of bench points
49:04so
49:05when Reed Shepard
49:06is having the type of season
49:08that he's having
49:08and again think about this
49:09three and a half
49:10four points
49:11his rookie year
49:12and then Van Vliet
49:14goes down
49:14there's not no true
49:15point guard
49:16Reed Shepard has been
49:17the guy
49:17in his last couple games
49:19double doubles
49:20right
49:20he had a career high
49:2114 assists
49:24so he's evolving
49:25but he can put points
49:27on the board
49:28Kevin Durant
49:29who knows
49:30a thing or two
49:31about scoring
49:32he appreciates them
49:36Rockets lead by 19
49:38equals their largest lead
49:39of the night
49:40to add that
49:40in the first quarter
49:41gets scraped back
49:44Ananobi
49:45pounded
49:46lost it
49:46Hart
49:48double dribble
49:53this is the best
49:54defensively
49:55for a half
49:56I have seen
49:58Houston play again
50:00I haven't seen
50:01all their games
50:01the games that I have
50:03witnessed
50:04they are
50:05engaged
50:06great communication
50:08from everyone
50:09on the floor
50:10here
50:12defensive metrics
50:14their numbers
50:15the traditional stats
50:16are pretty good
50:17but it's also a team
50:19that plays at a lower pace
50:20only Boston plays
50:21at a slower pace
50:22Shepard
50:23three
50:24is short
50:28Hart
50:28a blur
50:29bridges
50:30a pull
50:30big three for the Knicks
50:334.6
50:34the different shot
50:35of clock
50:36shot
50:36and game clock
50:37here at the end of the half
50:51he attacks Towns
50:54Towns back the other way
50:56Rockets have found
50:57to give
50:57if they so choose
51:02Brunson
51:02Towns
51:04bullet pass
51:04Ananobi
51:05beat the clock
51:06to end the half
51:07that is a great
51:096-0 run
51:11in that last
51:1235 seconds
51:14for the Knicks
51:15if you're Mike Brown
51:17you will take this
51:1813 point deficit
51:19the way they played
51:20down the stretch
51:21how about the touch pass
51:22here by Catman
51:23to find
51:24OG
51:25with the clock
51:27running out
51:29Houston
51:29didn't take
51:30their time
51:30on one end
51:31and gives up
51:32back-to-back
51:32three
51:33still
51:33the Rockets
51:34lead by 13
51:35and Zorch
51:36is one of the guys
51:37who helped them do it
51:38what was behind
51:39that start tonight
51:40you guys came out hot
51:42we just want to win
51:44we're going to the playoffs
51:45it's a big time
51:46an important time
51:46so
51:47just do everything
51:48the little things
51:48it takes to win
51:49you've had to answer
51:50so many questions
51:50about your three-point numbers
51:52how'd you find success
51:53early in that area
51:54just keep going
51:55just keep working
51:56stay in the gym
51:57that's all it is
51:59you seem real focused
52:00right now
52:00what's on your mind
52:01winning
52:02appreciate it
52:04Maria
52:06that's the wrong person
52:07appreciate it Zorah
52:08listen
52:08winning is on the mind
52:09and they came out strong
52:10am I right
52:11Mello?
52:12yeah
52:12they came out strong
52:12they came out strong
52:13but he likes the way
52:14the Knicks showed up
52:15in the second half
52:16coming up on the
52:17Americans Fest at the half
52:18we're breaking down
52:19the first
52:19man oh man
52:22so it's a 13 point lead
52:24for the Rockets at home
52:25they came out fast
52:26and strong
52:26Tyra Easton said
52:27the only thing on their mind
52:28is winning
52:29he's got 15 points
52:30in the first half
52:31to go along
52:32with a couple of his teammates
52:34let's take a look
52:34at the American Express
52:35game you can trust
52:36there he goes
52:37KD
52:37he's got 18 already
52:39also does Reed Shepard
52:40and most certainly
52:41the Houston Rockets
52:42came out hot
52:43searching for a win
52:44tonight against the Knicks
52:45at home
52:46welcome back inside the studio
52:47Maria Taylor
52:48we got TMAC
52:49Vince Carter
52:50and Carmelo Anthony
52:51here with you
52:51and let's just start
52:52with the Rockets
52:53and the way that they
52:53came out of the gate
52:54they're sharing the ball
52:55very well
52:5619 assists on 24
52:57made field goals
52:58they're making it look
52:59very easy on offense
53:00TMAC
53:00they are
53:01I love what they
53:03the energy they came out
53:04with
53:05this team had a team
53:06meeting
53:06and I think what came
53:08out of that meeting
53:09you look at Tyrake Easton
53:11he was struggling
53:12of the month of March
53:13with this shooting
53:14bye
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