Knick's Magic Game Analysis
New York Knicks demolished the sluggish Orlando Magic with a 108-95 at the Madison Square Garden on Friday night.
The Knicks got the ball rolling as seven of their players scored in double figures. Carmelo Anthony led New York with a double-double game performance of 19 points and 11 rebounds to go along with six assists in 35.46 minutes of playing.
Rookie Kristaps Porzingis added 18 points, six boards, two assists, two steal and two shot blocks, while Jose Calderon, Robin Lopez, Arron Afflalo scored 14 points each, with afflalo grabbing 12 defensive rebounds in 31.56 minutes in the ball game.
"I think that's the way we need to play," Porzingis, who went 7 for 15 from the field, said. "Everybody was involved. Everybody was attacking. Everybody was trying to be aggressive when we had the opportunity." …show more content…
With the win, New York improved to 25 wins and 35 losses. The Eastern Conference Atlantic Division team had only won two of its ten games played for this month alone, with the Magic and the Minnesota Timberwolves as its only preys.
The game was mostly dominated by the Knicks, who ended the first half with an 18-point lead 62-44. Orlando got some energy in the third quarter limiting the Knicks to just 20 points as they cut the deficit in to 13 points, which had ballooned to as many as 24, as the scoreboard reads 82-69 going in to the final quarter of the rubber match.
In the final twelve minutes of the game, the Knicks just continued their dominance over the Magic maintaining their double digit lead until the final buzzer of the match.
Nikola Vucevic finished the game with 18 points for the Magic, and Aaron Gordon had 17 points and eight rebounds.
The New York Knicks will be hosting the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers will be visiting the Orlando Magic on Sunday for their respective next game
The Knicks got the ball rolling as seven of their players scored in double figures. Carmelo Anthony led New York with a double-double game performance of 19 points and 11 rebounds to go along with six assists in 35.46 minutes of playing.
Rookie Kristaps Porzingis added 18 points, six boards, two assists, two steal and two shot blocks, while Jose Calderon, Robin Lopez, Arron Afflalo scored 14 points each, with afflalo grabbing 12 defensive rebounds in 31.56 minutes in the ball game.
"I think that's the way we need to play," Porzingis, who went 7 for 15 from the field, said. "Everybody was involved. Everybody was attacking. Everybody was trying to be aggressive when we had the opportunity." …show more content…
With the win, New York improved to 25 wins and 35 losses. The Eastern Conference Atlantic Division team had only won two of its ten games played for this month alone, with the Magic and the Minnesota Timberwolves as its only preys.
The game was mostly dominated by the Knicks, who ended the first half with an 18-point lead 62-44. Orlando got some energy in the third quarter limiting the Knicks to just 20 points as they cut the deficit in to 13 points, which had ballooned to as many as 24, as the scoreboard reads 82-69 going in to the final quarter of the rubber match.
In the final twelve minutes of the game, the Knicks just continued their dominance over the Magic maintaining their double digit lead until the final buzzer of the match.
Nikola Vucevic finished the game with 18 points for the Magic, and Aaron Gordon had 17 points and eight rebounds.
The New York Knicks will be hosting the Miami Heat and the Philadelphia 76ers will be visiting the Orlando Magic on Sunday for their respective next game