{"id":223771,"date":"2021-04-10T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T08:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/immanuel-quickley-end-his-funk-just-in-time-for-knicks\/"},"modified":"2021-04-10T11:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T08:12:23","slug":"immanuel-quickley-end-his-funk-just-in-time-for-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/immanuel-quickley-end-his-funk-just-in-time-for-knicks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Immanuel Quickley end his funk just in time for Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Immanuel Quickley end his funk just in time for Knicks<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Immanuel Quickley smashed through the rookie wall and bought time for the Knicks\u2019 stars to stop laying bricks.<\/p>\n<p>After failing to score more than six points in four of his previous five <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s while his playing time was reduced, Quickley scored 20 on Friday and resembled the NBA Rookie of the Year candidate he had been early in the season. He teamed with Derrick Rose and Alec Burks to form a Bench Big Three who combined for 58 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in a 133-129 overtime victory over the Grizzlies at the Garden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a playoff push,\u201d backup center Taj Gibson said, \u201cwe\u2019re going to need everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The root of Quickley\u2019s downturn was unknown: One bad stretch of shooting 29.6 percent over a long season? Struggling to find ways to contribute behind veteran point guard Elfrid Payton? Or crashing into the dreaded rookie wall? Coming out of a stunning comeback win in which Quickley shot 7-of-12 \u2014 including 4-of-6 from 3-point range \u2014 for 20 points, the answer is a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Knicks\" class=\"wp-image-17874900 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/1232212071.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/1232212071.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/1232212071.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/1232212071.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/1232212071.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Knicks rookie Immanuel Quickley<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI never mind him taking shots,\u201d coach Tom Thibodeau said. \u201cThat\u2019s his strength. I know over the course of the season, if he is taking those shots, he is going to make most of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Thibodeau said Quickley\u2019s \u201cfloater is great\u201d and called him a \u201cterrific 3-point shooter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/big-apple-buckets\/shouldwebeconcernedwiththeknicks-?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rose scored 13 in the first half when Payton landed in early foul trouble. Burks scored nine in overtime and assisted on Quickley\u2019s go-ahead 3. And Quickley, who ran the point throughout crunch time, provided a couple of flurries: Seven points in the second quarter, plus two 3s and an alley-oop pass to Obi Toppin after fighting to corral an offensive rebound in the final two minutes of the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Thibodeau kept three reserves on the court in crunch time with RJ Barrett and Julius Randle, both of whom came alive in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the game I\u2019m struggling. RJ is struggling,\u201d Randle said. \u201cFor the first half, Derrick kept us in the game with his scoring and setting the pace. Down the stretch, RJ made huge plays, Quick made huge plays, Alec made huge plays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The win ended the Knicks\u2019 worst stretch since a five-game skid in January \u2014 the tail end of which coincided with Quickley\u2019s role expanding to provide a spark. Maybe history is about to repeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second time that we play a team I feel like they definitely make adjustments, especially on my floater and different things like that \u2014 pick and roll play,\u201d Quickley said before the game. \u201cSo I\u2019m just trying to get better each and every day not only on the floor but with film, trying to adjust my game to become a smarter student of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quickley is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching the career-high 990 minutes he logged at as a sophomore at Kentucky last season. Surpassing a previous season high is usually the point at which most rookies slow down, but he played 31 minutes against the Grizzlies for his most since March 15. He averaged 19.3 minutes over his last 11 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the rookie wall, I don\u2019t really feel it,\u201d Quickley said. \u201cI\u2019m just going to continue to do whatever\u2019s got me here. There\u2019s going to be ups and downs throughout a season, ups and downs throughout a game. But you just want to continue to do what\u2019s got you to the place you\u2019ve been. I\u2019ve got a lot of confidence in myself.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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After failing to score more than six points in four of his previous five games while his playing time was reduced, Quickley scored 20 on Friday and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/1232212071.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[101532,80664,82444,72932],"class_list":["post-223771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-4-10-21","tag-immanuel-quickley","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-new-york-knicks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}