Featured Columnist IVDecember 4, 2024
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The New York Knicks are off to the NBA Cup quarterfinals.
Headlined by Karl-Anthony Cities’ 23 factors and 15 rebounds, the Knicks blew out the Orlando Magic on Tuesday, 121-106, and secured the highest spot in Group A.
NBA @NBA
HART to KAT to BRIDGES on the BUZZER 🤯
Knicks rolling on the half on TNT!
🏆 ORL-NYK winner clinches East Group A pic.twitter.com/ofXj0xfsSt
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SUPERB Knicks ball motion!
15-4 run as they search a Knockout Rounds berth on TNT. pic.twitter.com/yQLQ1o6TqF
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“SPECIAL.”
Jalen Brunson’s deal with is completely different!
🏆 ORL-NYK winner clinches East Group A
🏆 #EmiratesNBACup on TNT pic.twitter.com/ZdJfbjIQcE
Jalen Brunson added 21 factors and 4 assists, whereas Franz Wagner led Orlando with 30 factors and 6 assists.
With the victory, the Knicks moved to 4-0 in NBA Cup play, whereas the Magic dropped to 3-1. Regardless of the blowout loss, the Magic had sufficient of a constructive factors differential (plus-45) to make sure a berth within the quarters in addition to the highest second-place finisher within the Japanese Convention.
Their prime competitors in that regard, the Boston Celtics, completed with a plus-23 differential, whereas the Detroit Pistons completed at plus-seven. Which means the Milwaukee Bucks will host the Magic, whereas the Knicks will host the Atlanta Hawks.
After the sport, NBA followers and pundits praised the Knicks for securing a spot within the quarters:
Adrian160 👑🙅🏿♂️ @Adrian16010
Not a lot to essentially tweet about put up half. Stable sport by our Knicks! It is all coming collectively..#NewYorkForever #knicks #knickstwitter
eman @Followmebro_
This #Knicks group is gelling 👀 Mitch and treasured coming again goes to be scary for opposing teams- bench will probably be stacked.
Verts @Verts
Enjoyable standout function about this Knicks group is that they completely railroad groups
Anthony Raia @anthonyraia_
I do know no Paolo, however the Knicks is likely to be discovering their stride
Granted, all of the Magic needed to do to advance was not lose by 37 or extra factors, so it wasn’t precisely a must-win sport for Orlando. However that time differential truly got here into play after the Knicks took a 31-point lead into the fourth quarter.
That gave an in any other case meaningless ultimate stretch precise significance, with people appreciating the NBA Cup in that regard:
Kendrick Perkins @KendrickPerkins
For this reason the NBA Cup was genius- right here the knicks have been up 30 since halftime but, as a result of scores issues, gamers are nonetheless enjoying arduous and followers are nonetheless to see what the ultimate rating will probably be, to know if the Celtics will make it in or not.
As for the regular-season standings, the Knicks moved to 13-8 on the season, good for fifth within the Japanese Convention, whereas the Magic dropped to 15-8, a sport forward of the Knicks in fourth place.
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