Boomer Esiason

Yeah, a couple things.

Yeah, it's the classic, the team that's going to beat the Knicks more than the other teams are the Knicks because they weren't maximizing what they had on their roster for most of the year.

It was almost as if Mike Brown really listened to the criticism from the fans and some of the media.

I know a lot of those MSG guys don't really go into depth about ripping the team, but for the entire season, it was...

How come Jalen Brunson and Carl Anthony Towns can't get on the same page offensively?

Why does it take Jose Alvarado to get Carl Anthony Towns the ball?

How come these guys that should be running spectacular pick and rolls and basing their offense off the two of them, how come they're not doing that?

And in the last two games, they've done it.

And, you know, Jalen Brunson, who had gotten a lot of criticism this year for, you know, playing more isolation basketball.

We talked about the disconnect that Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady were talking about.

And I've seen none of that in the last two games.

So that right there, if they had gone into the playoffs with those same questions going on,

I would be really, really upset and expecting the worst.

But seeing this towards the end of the season is great.

And there's going to be a couple things you've got to figure out.

Mike Brown has to figure out whether he wants to start Josh Hart or he wants to have him off the bench.

Little things like that with the rotations.

But, man, if Carl Anthony Towns could have an efficient basketball game like he had last night, he had two steals.

He had 12 rebounds, I think.

He takes efficient with his shots.