Knicks UNLEASHED
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Knicks UNLEASHED
Knicks vs Cavs Recap: New York’s Championship RUN STARTS NOW!
The Garden roared and the Knicks answered with pace, purpose, and a statement win over Cleveland. From the opening 33-point quarter to a cold-blooded 14-0 run in the fourth, we saw a team move the ball faster, enter sets earlier, and trust the extra pass to create clean looks. The vibe wasn’t just hot shooting; it was a blueprint—shared scoring, rotation balance, and an offense that doesn’t collapse when a star has an off night.
We dig into the details that changed the feel: Mikal Bridges initiating in early offense, OG Anunoby’s steady two-way presence, Karl-Anthony Towns unlocking the short roll with quick reads, and Jalen Brunson controlling tempo by living at the line despite a tough field-goal night. The bench delivered 38 points without breaking rhythm, with Landry Shamet stretching the floor and Miles McBride punishing soft coverage from deep. That continuity matters with Josh Hart and Mitchell Robinson out, and it hints at a deeper, more adaptable rotation as the season unfolds.
Momentum swung in the fourth when Cleveland briefly grabbed a lead, and New York’s response was immediate. Stops fueled early offense, spacing held, and the ball kept popping—no panic, just execution. We also zoom out to the bigger questions: how sustainable is this tempo over 82 games, what ceilings does this give Tom Thibodeau’s schemes, and how should we read bold national takes like Charles Barkley calling a trip to the Finals? With Boston up next, the test gets tougher, but the habits on display—pace with control, motion with purpose—set a standard worth believing in.
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Oh, that needle is always on the record. This is Dennis New York's unleashed. Want to talk about the Knicks one nineteen, one eleven win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Oh, it was an opening night in MSG. My voice is still shot a little bit. But you know what? This was a fun opener. This was almost a coast-to-coast game for the Knicks. And honestly, there was a different feel. There was a different atmosphere, I would say, on the court. There was just um there was a certain je ne sais quoi. This Knicks team looked fresh. They looked different. They the offense was was something that we had seen being worked on during training camp and during the preseason, but then we really truly got to see it in full effect with that 33-point first quarter. Then they finished it off with a 32-point second quarter. Even the announcers were were taking note of the New York Knicks. This is the Knicks' first basket.
SPEAKER_02:I'm new, of course, to the Knicks and playing a different way than what their fans have seen. Brunson, his first shot, knocks down a three. Huckeporty has had a nice impact. Brunson goes right at Tyson, scoops inside the lane.
SPEAKER_00:Hockey actually did have a really nice game. Not really a nice game, but he had he had an early impact. Cat uh also, of course, had picked up two quick fouls. He was playing with that grade two quad strain, but one didn't have to do it the other. But um, but the Knicks had this this type of offense that was that was fluid. You you watched them in the transition, and they they did something that we had not seen them do for an extended period of time. I don't know. They went to the bench. Wait a minute. There's we've said it before, the cataracts are gone. He looked down the bench and saw one, two, three, four, five, six guys played off this bench. Now, I would like to see a little bit more production out of the bench, but we did they did have 38 points. But they they kept up the flow, they kept up the fluidity. You, you, you literally had a a, I'm gonna say a team-oriented win. It was not just fixiating on Brunson, who had a terrible shooting night at five for 18, but he was uh 12 for 13 from the free throw line for only 23 points, had five assists, two turnovers, but it was a game where they facilitated. It was a game where if you watched it, you were like, okay, this this is this is a little bit different. Now, the Knicks did have a pretty good offense last year, so we're not gonna take that away from, of course, the Tom Thibodeau, but it really looked, it really looked different. It really looked, it looked quick, quick, it looked concise. It they got into they basically got into their offense a lot quicker. There was there the ball movement, the ball movement was what astounded me. Watching them move it around left and right. It was, you know, the it was the extra pass. It was it was the you know, like I said, if you take a look at the first play, Bridges brought the ball. First of all, Bridges on that first point for the Knicks, first two points, I should say, Bridges brought the ball up. OG Ananobi dribbled off a screen, Errol Hackaporti made a play off a short roll. Carl, Carl, then Carl Anthony Towns, the big cat, the big bodega, makes that extra pass. And what happens? Wide open corner, shot, three-pointer for the Brunson. And that that really just kicked off the game. And like I said, Brunson had a bad shooting night, five for 18 for 23. He was one of only five Knicks that score between 15 and he was the one, excuse me, he was one of the five Knicks who scored between 15 and 24 points. It just shows the difference this off the way that it just the offense just looked different. Now, again, this is minus Josh Hart and the venerable Mitchie the Kid Robinson, but it it didn't look clunky, it didn't look like it didn't get bogged down. And to me, I think that was one of the biggest things that we haven't seen in a long time. Defensively, they were still there, they had some moments, and again, you you also had some moments against the Cavs. But they had some moments where they had a few defensive laps. But to me, it almost seems like this game, just from the stands, was never in doubt. That we had the ability, and we kind of knew during stretches that we could score. At one point in time, Cleveland had come back to take a two-point lead. And what do the Knicks do? Well, the Knicks just rattle off 14 points. 14-0. They go on a 14 run. 14-0 run. And like I said, Cleveland really, I mean, Cleveland came out and erased a seven-point deficit. Took a two-point lead in the fourth. In the Tom Thibodeau days, I would be, I would be, I would be a little cry. I would be a little upset. But then, like I said, it's it's like they flipped the switch. And the answer was 14 straight points, a 14-0 run. And really, Cleveland after that point in time was never a threat. To me, they played faster. They played with and watching them efficiently move the ball up the floor was astounding. I I mean, it was one, it was one, it was one of those things that you you literally enjoyed to watch. Um, you know, it was not a great showing for Jordan Clarkson, but you know, Clarkson was in 13 minutes, it was two for seven for four points. But you know, it's it's the first game of the season. Landry Shaman, it came up like seven up on a couple big three-pointers with his nine points, two for four from the field, two for three, two for three from three. It it just it just looked it just looked good. You had Miles McBride, the deuce, with a big 15 points. Also picked up some fouls, but he had a big 15 points. He was four from six from three. The Knicks finished four for 40 from the three points, from three-point line. I I mean, I I don't know what else to say about this team right now, but it it was I always think of the movie Major League. And there's a scene before the first game of the season where Rick Vaughn is sitting in the locker room flicking the ball up in the air, looking nervous, looking pensive. And then the astounding Jake Taylor came over, grabbed the ball, and told him to relax because he said, you know what, we got 162 of these. Wanna know, we still have 82 more games. So there is gonna be the ups, there is gonna be the downs. But like I said, for for a first game for the Mike Brown regime, and there's there's questions about Mike Brown, there, there's questions about what he uh what he could do, what he might not do, what he what he might have been a product of in reference to you know being the assistant head coach over Golden State and that team, you know, having me, you know, having his cart hooked up to LeBron. We think about it and we're kind of like, okay, you know what? Is he a product? And I've said this before, product of the players around. I've said this before with um with Mike Brown. And we did a video earlier. I I think that if you take a look, I we went through all the head coaches that came in, not as a first-year head coach, but as a head coach in the first season that they took the helm of a team and led them to the playoffs and led them to a championship. And it was a very, it wasn't a long list, but it was a very distinguished list. And here's here's the thing. I think Mike Brown could be on that list. It's gonna, there's gonna be major factors that are gonna be concerned here. Injuries is in the injury factor is always gonna be there. The the the the factor of how you who and what you're gonna get out of certain players is always gonna be there. I think that if you take a look at this Nick team, you're you're gonna, I think OG Ananobi at times is gonna be something that you are gonna heavily uh rely on. Uh and I and I think that his presence in the lineup with consistency is gonna be needed. You have to hope that Brunson, who evidently lost weight, we've talked about this in the during training camp or before training camp, so he could be faster, he could be quicker, he could be stronger. I I think you know he's gonna be he's gonna have that key. I want I want to play Charles Barkley's hot take on the Knicks. Uh and which he said, which he and Kenny Smith talked about before the the start of the uh of the Knicks Cavaliers game.
SPEAKER_03:So the Knicks are the real deal. I'll stop it. The Knicks are the real that's that's a killer right there, y'all. But this is the Knicks, this is the Knicks year. They're going to the NBA finals. See, that's now put that on the that's worthy of the Knicks are going to the finals. Hey, I'll do it. Buxter bold. See, that's a bold one, Chuck. Bold too. No, all right. Stop. I'm doing I'm doing this one. Knicks going to the finals. They're going to the finals. You know what, Ernie? You know what you could do with that one? Uh same place? Nope. Add me to it. I'm going. Both of us are saying the same thing.
SPEAKER_00:They will go to the cheat off my paper. That's Charles Barkley, of course, Kenny Smith. Charles Barkley, who of course I love. I love the mound round of rebound. I've talked about it before. I may have been in attendance when there was an incident on uh Church Street Station in Orlando. I may, I may have been I may have been in presence to that incident years ago. But this is the feel around the league, and and this opening game was not a disappointment. We also now have the Boston Celtics coming up, so we're we're gonna have we're gonna have test number two. But you know what? Let's enjoy let's enjoy it for today. Let's just soak in this win, because like we said, there's 81 more to go. But as always, this is Timis, New York Knicks unleashed, and let's go next.