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Knicks Rip the Raps for 4th Straight Win "[Josh Hart] is a special player, but he’s also a great human being to be around.” - Mike Brown

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Knicks Rip the Raps for 4th Straight Win

NY has won 10 of their first 11 home game for just the second time since 1997...

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🏀Highest plus/minus in the NBA over each player's last four games (since Hart entered NY’s starting lineup)

1. Josh Hart: +76
2. Mikal Bridges: +62
3. Zach Edey: +62
4. Jalen Brunson: +60
5. Reed Sheppard: +59

Dude

Incredibly, per @basketball-reference.com

Hart joins Nikola Jokic as just the second player in NBA history to tally more than 45 rebounds, more than 25 assists, more than 10 steals, more than five made three-pointers and ten or fewer turnovers across a four-game span.

Per
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Hart is the first NBA player this decade to tally at least 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals in three straight games,

New York is now a perfect 4-0 with Josh Hart in the starting lineup.

During this four-game stretch, he is averaging:
17.0 points,
11.8 rebounds,
7.0 assists,
2.8 steals,
2.3 made 3PTs
+19 plus/minus,
while shooting
over 53 % from the floor and 45% from downtown.

seems good

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This is just the second time since 1997 that the Knicks have won 10 of their first 11 home games.

Here’s the full list of all 8 times New York has accomplished this feat in its franchise history.

Knicks improve to 10-1 at MSG

NY one of only two teams in the NBA with 10 wins at home. OKC is the other

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Heart of the City

Since the day he arrived, Josh Hart has been a perfect fit and an integral part of this team’s success...

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Right - Mitch far from himself right now

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Heart of the City

Since the day he arrived, Josh Hart has been a perfect fit and an integral part of this team’s success...

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will be fascinating to see if Brown shifts Hart or Deuce to the bench... can make strong arguments for both guys

Most games with 35+ points and 5+ assists in Knicks franchise history:

Jalen Brunson: 47
Richie Guerin: 23
Walt Frazier: 17
Stephon Marbury: 13
Bernard King: 11
Patrick Ewing: 11
Carmelo Anthony: 11

Yes, Brunson has more 35/5 games than Clyde, Starbury and Melo combined.

In the seven games the Knicks have played since OG went down,
Josh Hart is averaging:
14.6 points (on 52% shooting),
9.4 rebounds and
6.7 assists

During this stretch, he leads the team in dimes, and is second in rebounds, steals and blocks.

NBA has released the Cup quarterfinals schedule:

The Knicks play the Raptors on Tuesday December 9 at 830pm

If NY beats Toronto, they player the winner of Magic-Heat in Las Vegas Vegas for Semis on Saturday December 13

The Cup Finals are Tuesday December 16

Three-point percentage in November:

Josh Hart: 44.4%
Norm Powell: 42.9%
Duncan Robinson: 42.6%
Donovan Mitchell: 37.8%
Steph Curry: 37.7%
Michael Porter Jr.: 34.3%

This month,

Mikal Bridges has:

* more blocks than Jaren Jackson Jr. or Mitch Rob
* more made 3PTs than Desmond Bane or KAT
* more steals than everyone in the NBA

Most Stocks (Steals + Blocks) in the NBA over each player's last eight games:

1. Mikal Bridges: 37
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2. Scottie Barnes: 24
3. Derrick White: 21
4. Trey Murphy III: 21
5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21

Knicks Feast on the Hornets Bridges has a chance to join Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley as just the third player ever to average 2+ steals and 1+ swats while posting a TS% north of 60%.

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Knicks Feast on the hapless Hornets

Josh Hart is good again.

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Oh, and he’s also shooting 52.5% from the field and 41.3% from downtown.

Bridges has a chance to join Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley as the third player ever to average 2+ steals and 1+ swats while posting a TS% north of 60%.

No player in NBA history has ever finished a season averaging more than two steals, more than two made three-pointers and more than one block.

Mikal Bridges is currently averaging 2.1 steals, 2.2 made 3PTs and 1.2 blocks.

Through the 12 games the Knicks have played this month, Josh Hart is averaging:
13.0 points,
7.4 rebounds
5.3 assists
while shooting
54% from the floor
44% from three-point range
80% from the FT line

The only player to match or exceed Hart in each of those categories in November is Nikola Jokic.

Brilliant sequence from Mikal Bridges.

Sprints out from the paint to close out and deny a 3PT attempt.

Then blocks the shot in the paint and tips the ball to JB.

Then sprints down the floor for the layup (great feed from TK)

Certainly qualifies as good news.

Seems Shamet suffered a shoulder subluxation (where the humerus only partially slips out of the socket and slides back in) rather than a dislocation (a complete separation where the humerus is entirely out of the socket).

What praise?

Will write in-depth soon in an upcoming newsletter

KAT Attack “That’s what leadership is about.” - Mike Brown on Josh Hart’s defensive effort

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KAT Attack

“That’s what leadership is about.” - Mike Brown on Josh Hart’s defensive effort

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Bridges is the only NBA player this decade (first since James Harden in his 2019 MVP season) with 15+ points, 2+ steals and 1+ swat in five straight games.

Mikal Bridges has been a demon defensively since OG went down.

Over NY's last five games, Bridges is averaging 3.2 steals and 2.0 blocks.

Averaging.

He is the first Knick with multiple steals and at least one block in five straight games since….
Patrick Ewing in 1989