There is nothing to be gained by sugarcoating what happened Tuesday night in Dallas, so we won’t even try. That … that was a brutal loss.
Jalen Brunson is day-to-day but he’s already walking around like a one-man triage unit. The NBA is unforgiving. Just as the Knicks have feasted on shorthanded teams — remember the glorious 38-point stomping over the Steph-less Warriors just eight days ago? — they are now scrambling and scuffling. Nobody is immune from that.
But if there is an encouraging sign it is this: Forced to step up and assume a larger burden than any of them ever has before, the Knicks’ youthful troika of Quickley, McBride and Quentin Grimes have mostly been terrific. Quickley subbed for Grimes last week against Toronto and drained six 3s; he subbed for Brunson at Dallas and had 11 first-half assists . Grimes has emerged as an essential Knick; he had 33 against the Mavs and over his last 10 games is averaging 15.3 points and shooting .490/.438/.750. And McBride sank five out of six free throws down the stretch, doing his part to help stave off disaster Tuesday.“I’m proud of the guys.” Grimes said in the postgame shock of the loser’s locker room Tuesday night.
The Knicks will need more of that. There is no choice. There is no pause button in the NBA, and if things aren’t always perfect that’s part of the cost of membership. The Knicks have two winnable games ahead of them on this trip — at the 11-23 Spurs, at the 10-24 Rockets — and even in a reduced state it is vital that they face this crucible as they did Tuesday. They cannot let a four-game skid become six, or 10, or 12, which is so easy to do once the NBA grind takes effect.
Seasons are reduced to dust that way. The Knicks’ season doesn’t have to go that way. In crisis they have received reinforcements; now those hopeful bits of optimism have to translate to the scoreboard. It can get away from you in a hurry.
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