It took Immanuel Quickley channeling Caitlin Clark to finally allow the 19,812 inside Madison Square Garden to breathe properly. It will take something else to make this all feel normal again.
The Knicks got the NBA equivalent of a bye Monday night at the Garden, allowing the Wembanyamapalooza-bound Rockets to hang around for a half-and-a-half before throttling them 137-115. Quickley was remarkable, hitting 14 out of 18 shots and pouring in 40 points while adding nine assists. And the Knicks looked sharper than they’ve been lately on offense, piling up 35 assists on 50 made baskets.
Coupled with a productive weekend, both the Nets and Heat helpfully losing, the Knicks have had themselves a feel-good couple of days.“Winning solves a lot of things,” Quickley said. “Winning makes everyone feel better.”“Over the course of a season guys get nicked up,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said before the game, just before it was announced that Brunson would miss his second game in a row and eighth of the last 11 overall. “I think they know how to play through things.
And that means Brunson running the show, at the same All-Star level at which he’s played most of the season. Quickley having a night like this was fun, undoubtedly. But he is far more dangerous coming off the bench. The Knicks are far more lethal when he rises and trundles to the scorer’s table six minutes into a game, rather than getting introduced with the starting five.
“You don’t replace a guy like Jalen with an individual player,” Thibodeau said. “You do it with a team.” It helps when the other team last played a meaningful game around Halloween. Wednesday it’s the Heat. Wednesday, the Knicks have to hope the game-time decision yields a whole team in what is sure to be the most anticipated game of the year to date. They need to be whole. Brunson makes them whole.
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