An emotional Taj Gibson on winning a playoff game with Tom Thibodeau and Derrick Rose after all they've been through:
"This is some magical stuff right now. I don't know how to explain it. I don't take anything for granted, but every day I come in, it's just surreal."
Tom Thibodeau on how Jalen Brunson was officiated tonight:
"I'll send my clips in like I do every game, and then they'll say 'marginal contact.' And then we'll have marginal contact on Embiid, and he'll be at the line 21 times."
Julius Randle would like to play with LeBron James and Paul George at the All-Star Game. Why LeBron?
"It would be fun to do before he gets his old ass outta here" 🤣
Jalen Brunson on breaking the Knicks' franchise record for points in a playoff game:
"I'll look back when I retire... It's not gonna do anything for us going forward."
Josh Hart jokes that his wife got annoyed because he went home right after seeing Jalen Brunson to play video games with him 🤣
"Didn't you guys just see each other?"
"Yes, technically"
Immanuel Quickley on Julius Randle:
"I also started looking around me at how other guys moved, who had been in this league longer than me, just having a mindset that I could always be adding to my game. Julius was a big one for me.
I remember I got a text from him the night I…
When Wayne Ellington played for the Lakers, his father was killed. He said Kobe Bryant helped him get through the tough times:
"He was one of the main guys that was in constant contact with me making sure I was ok. He meant a whole lot to me"
"This Philadelphia fanbase is very relentless, very passionate, I'm an Eagles fan I would know... seeing the Knicks here, hearing the Knicks here was pretty cool. It's awesome."
- Jalen Brunson
"I could be pissed, but at the end of the day there are some young guys here who look up to me. Maybe I can be a role model. I love being around my teammates and I'm going to cheer them on until I can't anymore."
- Kemba Walker
Austin Rivers with a thoughtful answer on why he joined the Knicks:
"We're in an era where everybody likes riding a wave...people have lost interest in going somewhere and making something great again."
"People not wanting to come here? Our job is to change that."
Josh Hart isn't using fatigue as an excuse for the Knicks' loss tonight:
"Our job is to play basketball. You've got people getting up at 6 am doing 12-hour shifts. Those guys are tired."
Jalen Brunson shares the message he has for his teammates after today's win:
"It's not over and not even close to being over. There's nothing to celebrate and nothing to be truly happy about. But, obviously with today's win we are one step closer"
Josh Hart on Jalen Brunson's performance:
"We needed it... his starting small forward, power forward, whatever the hell I am, ain't make a shot, I was like Shaq at the free throw line, so we needed it."
Miles McBride talks about Knicks fans:
"I think the fans have always shown love for me. Now that shots are going in, I think they like me a lot more" 😂
Tom Thibodeau is asked about visiting with the Heat organization between his time with the Timberwolves and the Knicks:
"I just went to Miami to hang out and relax, hit a couple clubs" 🤣
Reporter: "Is Playoff Mitch a thing? Do you feel more geared in right now defensively?"
Mitchell Robinson: "No. Playoff Mitch is not a thing. It's still Mitch"
Derrick Rose on Trae Young and the MSG crowd:
"The league has gotten so soft. The crowd is supposed to do that. I've been in series where drinks were thrown on people's moms...
You want to talk s--t, talk s--t, but next game it's going to be tougher"
Derrick Rose on Kemba Walker and the point guard rotation:
"He's starting. I'm doing whatever it takes to change the game, I'm not worried about minutes"
"I loved him. I fought with him. I loved him. I fought with him. And he's a dear friend now"
Tom Thibodeau reflects on his time coaching Joakim Noah (the Knicks will be in Chicago on Thursday when the Bulls will host Joakim Noah night)
Jalen Brunson said it would be pretty cool if Patrick Kane and him swapped jerseys and if Kane wore a Jalen Brunson jersey
(Julius Randle also asks if they can speed up the press conference because his son has to go to school tomorrow 😂)
Are you ready? Madison Square Garden is about to be electric
🗽 TONIGHT: Knicks-Sixers, Game 1
🗽 TOMORROW: Rangers-Capitals, Game 1
🗽 MONDAY: Knicks-Sixers, Game 2
🗽 TUESDAY: Rangers-Capitals, Game 2
STAND UP NEW YORK 🗣️
Jalen Brunson shares what it was like playing his first year in New York:
"I'm really happy to be part of this organization. New York has been amazing and the fans have been amazing... I'm already excited about next year, we have a lot to prove to each other as teammates"
"In the playoffs, there's no first and second unit. If you want to win the series, we all have to be ready."
- Bojan Bogdanovic on the Knicks' reserves
Derrick Rose wasn't sure who Miles McBride was at first until someone said Deuce 😂
On Deuce's performance tonight: "Hopefully Thibs gives him the time"
Donovan Mitchell on Frank Ntilikina:
"He's one of the toughest defenders I ever have to face...it's great the Knicks continue to give him multiple shots because he deserves it"
"Job's not finished. Gotta keep going. Gotta get another win. Gotta get two more wins, actually."
Immanuel Quickley on the mood after the Knicks went up 2-1: