All-Star Knicks massive man Karl-Anthony Cities stated he’s unbothered by Mike Brown’s resolution to scale back his minutes in a 3rd consecutive recreation — all victories.
“He saw what he saw. We got a win. That’s the most important thing,” Cities stated after logging 27 minutes — the fewest of all 5 starters — in New York’s 103-87 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday. Requested if he was upset or pissed off over the minutes distribution, Cities repeated his sentiment. “We got the win. That’s the most important thing. That’s all I care about. That’s all this team cares about — is the win.”
Cities, who’s in a down 12 months, logged 27 minutes on Tuesday however watched the ultimate 6:51 of the fourth quarter from the bench for the second recreation in a row. The Knicks had been up by 4 when Cities went to the bench and went on to construct a lead that ballooned to 18 earlier than puling away to win by 16 factors.
Brown closed the sport with Jalen Brunson, Miles McBride, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby and Mitchell Robinson with Cities and Josh Hart on the bench.
Tuesday marked the seventh recreation this season with a grand whole of 23 minutes shared on the ground for that five-man unit. It’s outscoring opponents by 26.4 factors per 100 possessions.
“I know at the end of the game, we had a group out on the floor that’s playing well, and it’s a tight ball game so I just rode that group to the end of the game, which I’ve done before,” stated Brown. “We had Deuce out there, who’s not a starter, and Mitch out there, who’s not a starter. So again, we need to get the win, and the biggest thing was Mikal was at 37 [minutes], but other than Mikal, everybody was at decent minutes especially knowing we’ve got a game tomorrow.”
Whereas Cities remained outwardly unbothered by the brand new rotations — and whereas Brown highlighted Wednesday’s second leg of a back-to-back towards the Toronto Raptors as a purpose to protect his star massive man’s legs — Tuesday marked the third recreation in a row Cities has seen a major decline in his minutes, notably late in recreation, although a lot of the decline will be attributed to foul hassle.
Cities completed with 17 factors and 11 rebounds in 27 minutes towards the Kings. He performed a complete of 36 minutes mixed in New York’s two earlier wins towards the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers.
