On Sunday afternoon, the New York Knicks picked up one of their most impressive wins of the season with a home demolition of the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs came into this game riding an 11-game winning streak, but the Knicks defense quickly extinguished that flame, which was on full display in this game.
After the game, head coach Mike Brown got 100% real about his team destroying the Spurs.
“I thought our weak-side defense was really good,” Brown said, according to James L. Edwards III of The Athletic on X, formerly Twitter, who noted that Brown “admitted to the Spurs missing shots that they were making, but Brown thought the defense was on a string and the on-ball defense was really good.”
In fact, the Spurs missed countless open looks on Sunday afternoon, which played a big role in the Knicks’ defensive success against them. Still, for the most part, New York did a solid job of clogging up the paint against superstar Victor Wembanyama while homing in on San Antonio’s outside shooters.
Meanwhile, the Knicks also overcame their aggressive start and finished with a solid output on that side of the ball.
Brown said, “At the end of the day, it was great to get 48 3s. With Wembley in the paint, you’ve got to shoot the ball.”
Overall, defense has been one of the major reasons many skeptics have cited why they don’t take the Knicks seriously as a title contender, with New York’s best two players – Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns – both clearly negative on that side of the ball.
However, Towns and Brunson both held up against the Spurs’ explosive offensive attack on Sunday, resulting in the Knicks’ victory.
The Knicks will next take the field against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday evening.
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