Turns out tankers are not only tankers, but also bad-as-hell buncha guys.

The Knicks trounced the Pacers, and the best is yet to come as they 1) were without JB and 2) next face the Nets.

Forgive me for the lack of multimedia bits today, but X is down right now. Cold world.

Mike Brown

On helping players find their rhythm whether they’re scoring or not:

“More than anything else, you hope that everyone’s playing the right way. So if my shot’s not falling, what does that mean? Maybe I try to get to the rim, or I try to go get an offensive rebound, or I try to get out in transition and get an easy one just to see it go in. So those types of things you hope guys realize and try to embrace to help get a rhythm while we’re trying to help them, too.”

On focusing on honing out details late in the season:

“It’s about embracing the details, focusing the right way, and playing with a sense of urgency while making other teams feel us at this point in the season.”

On Mikal Bridges working through his slump:

“Mikal’s a pro. He’s been through this before. And we’ve had other guys go through it this year. He’s going to find his rhythm. Just got to keep trying to embrace doing other things and try to get some easys: try to attack the rim, try to get to the free throw line, try to get out in transition and get offensive rebounds. But it’s the same stuff that I would say and that I have said about other guys trying to find ways to impact the game, which he’s more than capable of doing.”

On leaving Bridges on the court to help him regain some confidence:

“He hit a couple shots down the stretch and to try to get anybody that hasn’t shot well from the 3-point line, to try to get him more looks, especially in a game like this, was a good thing. To try to get him an extra look or two down the stretch is something we wanted to do.”

On demanding stronger starts from the Knicks:

“I’ve said it before, our focus, our physicality, our sense of urgency to embrace the details possession after possession, while making our opponents feel us. We can’t ease into the game.”

On Josh Hart’s connectivity with the starters amid whispers of a lineup change:

“I think the main thing is him connecting the group. I’m not saying he is Andre Iguodala or his game is like Andre Iguodala’s, but there are a lot of similarities. When you watch him, you’re like, ‘oh my gosh he’s a great shooter.’ But you’re like he’s pretty good at that, he’s really good in a lot different areas. But more importantly he connects the group and having a guy like that especially to start games is huge. With him missing all the preseason and me getting used to how we can play with him, the different ways people guard us with him on the floor took some time but he’s been fantastic giving us that energy, giving us the connectivity we needed with that starting group and then doing the little things. Offensive glass, pushing the pace, getting off in transition. He’s a switchable guy, he’s a physical guy and a lot of things that don’t necessarily show up in the stat sheet that he does that help with connectivity as well.”

On Hart taking the right shots on Tuesday:

“I just like that he took the right shots and he didn’t hesitate.”

On keeping Hart alongside Tyler Kolek on the floor vs. Indy:

“Not just for the starting five, but yeah. Especially when Tyler, as a young point guard, is on the floor we try to keep Josh out there with him. Just to help in that area at times. He was still kind of finding his way; so Josh is a great secondary ball handler within the group.”

On giving Bridges extra looks late:

“To try to get anybody that hadn’t shot it well from the three-point line to get another look, especially in a game like this, was a good thing. You talk about Mikal’s streak and his durability – when he turned his ankle, I was like, ‘Whoa.’ So for him to be able to somehow someway fight through that was good to see. So to try to get him an extra look or two down the stretch was something that we wanted to do.”

On choosing Jordan Clarkson over Mohamed Diawara in the Pacers game:

“We’ll continue to see what happens going forward. We’ve all had the pleasure of being able to see Mo at a young age contribute a lot. He just has to keep himself ready like Jordan did. Go out there when your number’s called, don’t do too much but do what you can do and perform at the highest level in terms of your work ethic, focus and attention to detail and just go from there.”

On potentially changing the starting lineup for the playoffs:

“It’s not too late to do anything. If I feel the need, I will. I’m not thinking that right now. I’m concentrating on each individual because, like you said, we’ve started different people at different times. It’s collectively.”

On Miles McBride’s recovery timeline:

“Anytime we can get healthy, yeah. I try not to hear the updates though, because does that mean he’ll be back in two weeks, three weeks, a week, 10 days? I don’t know. Deuce was playing well for us when this happened. It’s part of the season, so keep fingers crossed, allow our medical crew who has done a fantastic job, and when he comes back we’ll all be excited.”

On expecting Jalen Brunson to return on Friday:

“I imagine he’ll play in Brooklyn. There’s two days off before the next game. There’s plenty of time to get himself right.”

Josh Hart

On regaining shooting confidence:

“I think since All-Star I was struggling in terms of shooting. I think I’m kind of in my head with a lot of stuff. So I just got to trust my work and go out there and shoot my shots.”

Jose Alvarado

On breaking his shooting slump in his first start for New York:

“It was a weight off my shoulders. I wasn’t really focused on it, but obviously it was in the back of my mind, something that’s not who I am. I just trust the work.”

Karl-Anthony Towns

On Josh Hart stepping up without Brunson on Tuesday:

“Josh does a lot of things to make options available. He can get a rebound, outlet it quick, pushing pace and making the defense have to converge on him. Around the basket, he does the full-court dribble with the euro, gets to the basket and kicks it out to the corner for a 3.”

On the team effort vs. Indiana without Brunson:

“It was special. It’s a game obviously we’re missing JB. We all understood the importance of picking up the slack, and I thought all of us in this locker room, particularly Josh, did a great job of playing team basketball. It was great for all of us — obviously one person’s not gonna replace Jalen, but we all can collectively come together and try to play better basketball for each other with his absence.”