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The Thunder, which entered the night with the NBA’s best defensive rating, suffocated offensive possessions and forced the Knicks to shoot just 38.5 percent from the field. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (39 points) looked like an MVP hopeful, but the Knicks made Isaiah Joe — averaging 8.1 points — look like he belonged in the conversation, too, after a 31-point eruption. “I get it,” Bridges said of the booing. “The missing shots, that’s something you really can’t control. Just keep making them, keep getting them up. But … defensively, a lot of miscues, lack of communication, which is very boo-worthy.”
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To get the sophomore to practice the way he played in games, Villanova and former Knicks teammate Ryan Arcidiacono told The Athletic that coaches would have to intentionally push Hart’s buttons. Wildcats assistant coach
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