Knicks Notes: Rotation tweaks, OG Anunoby's All‑Defense push and Mike Brown's playoff belief
From rotation experiments to OG Anunoby's All‑Defensive case, Mike Brown details what stands out as the Knicks hit 50 wins.
A few notes from the Knicks ' win over Chicago on Friday... ROTATION CHANGE? Mike Brown went with Jeremy Sochan as his backup center against the Bulls.
He was pleased with Sochan's effort. "It allowed us to do a lot of things like switch pick and rolls," Brown said while giving Sochan the Defensive Player of the Game nod. "It brought a different element to our game.
Not just offensively with the speed, but defensively with switching a lot of things and just keeping the ball in front of us. " An interesting wrinkle to Sochan's rotation minutes? Neither Jose Alvarado nor Mohamed Diawara played in the first three quarters of Friday's game.
Afterward, Brown was asked about Alvarado's role with the team. It's a "priority" to play Miles McBride and Landry Shamet at the guard spots off the bench right now, Brown said. "We think Jose has done a fantastic job for us," Brown said.
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