In keeping with what they did much of the night in Wednesday’s blowout loss to Houston, the Knicks found themselves in the midst of a broken play late in the third quarter. Rookie Damyean Dotson found himself with the ball. So he shot.
Dotson bagged a 23-footer for his first career points, finally making a shot after five misfires in previous games. He made 4-of-5 shots and scored nine points in the 119-97 loss to Houston.
“It was like a broken play so I said, ‘I might as well just shoot it.’ When it went in, I felt it,” said Dotson, 6-foot-6 wing with a troubled past who the Knicks picked in the second round.