These Knicks taking fun to new level and it’s time to revel in it
When was the last time you had this much fun watching one of your teams? When was the last time one of the clubs you follow was this much of a gas? Forget the wins and the losses for a second but only for a second, because part of what augments the enjoyment of the Knicks right now is that they win every night.
Whens the last time you raced home to watch a regular-season game?
Whens the last time you made sure to DVR the game if you had other plans?
We have a joy to us right now, is the way Donte DiVincenzo put it in the immediate aftermath of their latest ode to joy, a 118-103 win over the Jazz that wasnt anywhere near as close as the numbers flanking the hyphen would hint.
Joy is a good word for whats happening with this team right now.
But so is fun. Maybe Tom Thibodeau still looks like hes in a dentists chair in the dying moments of these games when the lead dips under 20, but everyone else seems to be having a hell of a time, starting with the 19,133 who spent most of the game directing MVP! chants at Jalen Brunson and the last of it trying to coax old friend Taj Gibson off the bench.
4Donte DiVincenzo had a huge night for the Knicks in a 118-103 win over the Jazz. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post## see also
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Our guys are playing hard, theyre defending, theyre rebounding the ball, playing smart, playing tough, Thibodeau said. That goes a long way.
Maybe this is ultimately unsustainable, the way they have utterly ransacked January, winning 14 of the 16 games they played this month without one second from Mitchell Robinson and the last two games without Julius Randle and OG Anunoby. In most of those wins, the only angst attached to them were the Minutes Police fretting about Thibodeau keeping his starters in too long. Thats when you know times are good.
But even that doesnt obscure the pleasure of watching this team the way its playing now. They work ferociously, both ends of the floor, the ball moving around, everyone getting a touch, everyone getting their shots. They rebound. They play defense. The only reason why they didnt keep a team under 100 points for the 15th time this season is because the Jazz (a team averaging 128 points their past 12 games) maximized garbage time.
4Josh Hart had a triple-double in the Knicks’ win on Tuesday night. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
4The Knicks are on a tear this January.Were doing a lot of little things, said Josh Hart, master of little basketball things, a nifty 10-10-10 triple-double etched next to his name on the final stat sheet. Were playing within the flow of the offense and were being very aggressive on defense.
Said DiVincenzo, who scored 33 points with four assists, four steals and nine (!!!) 3s: Without Julius and OG we knew that everyone had to step up a little bit. And we did that.
It was hard to believe the Knicks could find a new level of fun after throttling both participants in last years Finals, the Nuggets and Heat, by a combined 54 points before dueling raucous Garden audiences last week. And there was a legit pall that fell over the bliss when Randle went down Saturday, and nobody was much laughing when Anunobys elbow started to act up in Charlotte on Monday.
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Check out more newslettersBut thats part of what makes this all so easy on the eyes. Next man up is a wonderful credo and its an easy slogan to scratch on a chalkboard, less so to put it into practice. The Knicks played eight masterful quarters against Denver and Miami at virtual full strength (sans Robinson). The competition the past few games has lessened; the results have not.
We accept the challenges along the way, Thibodeau said. Most teams go through things like that. Mental toughness is a big part of that.
4Jalen Brunson reacts after hitting a 3-point shot during the Knicks’ win over the Jazz. Charles Wenzelberg / New York PostThe result is a team that is becoming must-see TV, that is becoming more and more of a must-have ticket for the bold-faced names. (Jennifer Grey was in the house, and when she appeared on the overhead scoreboard and did a couple of moves to the one of the Dirty Dancing songs it nearly brought the house down.)
Its a collective effort, said Brunson, who dropped a 29-point, nine-assist night as his final piece of testimony before the All-Star teams are revealed Thursday. Weve got a couple of guys out, its not going to be one guy, everyone is stepping up and we have the right personnel and the right mindset to do that. Everyone is pitching in and most important were winning.
And doing it with style, with flair with well, DiVincenzo hit one of the right words: joy. Fun is the other. We havent had a lot of fun in New York the last few years, and its wise to enjoy this for as long as we have it. With any luck at all, maybe it can even carry us deep into the spring.
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