Yes, the Knicks rallied and beat Utah by cramming 29 points into the fourth quarter Wednesday with 14 from Tim Hardaway Jr. And yes, it was the fifth time, fourth time in six games, this season the offense rallied from a double-digit deficit to win. And really, how did they do it?
“We play team defense. We communicate and we play hard,” Kristaps Porzingis said.
Oh, come on? Defense and the Knicks? Those two concepts have gone together in recent seasons like mashed potatoes and diesel fuel.
“We came out with more hunger and more intensity and we made some adjustments defensively, and that was it,” Porzingis said.