Landry Shamet provides spark off bench to help Knicks turn tide of Game 3 win

There have been a few times this season where bench players who were out of the rotation stepped up when called on, and in Game 3 against the 76ers, Landry Shamet delivered for the Knicks.

The guard led the Knicks’ bench in scoring with 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including 2-for-3 from three. He was also a game-high plus-20 in the Knicks’ 108-94 win, which gave them a commanding 3-0 series lead.

Advertisement

“Landry hasn’t played a drop all playoffs,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said after the win. “The first game, he was in the rotation, second game a little bit, and then he was out. Six, seven games that he hasn’t seen significant minutes on the court. Landry was huge for us tonight. Huge for us on both ends of the floor.”

With OG Anunoby out with a hamstring strain, Shamet was moved up in the rotation and was given big minutes.

When the Sixers took a 31-27 lead after a physical first quarter, Shamet helped turn the tide. He began the second quarter with Karl-Anthony Towns as the only starter and was on the floor for most of the run that helped New York flip a 12-point deficit into a 12-point lead.

“We talked about it the last few days. We knew they would,” Shamet said of withstanding the Sixers’ play early. “Coming back home down 2-0, you’re going to have a sense of desperation. That was coach’s sentiment this week… They played really well, scored the ball really well early. We weren’t as physical as we needed to be. Made a couple of adjustments and picked up our physicality and presence defensively, and it helped us.”

Advertisement

From the final minutes of the first quarter — which saw Shamet hit a three to cut the Knicks’ deficit to just four points — and through the second, Shamet scored nine total points in a combined 13 minutes.

“We needed a spark when they hit us in the mouth and Landry gave it to us,” Brown said. “It was a big game on the road and it didn’t phase him. It was a lot of fun to watch.”

On Friday, Shamet played 26 minutes. That’s more than the first two games of this series (20). And while he received some minutes in the blowout wins against the Hawks in the first round, Game 3…

Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/landry-shamet-provides-spark-off-030029095.html

Author :

Publish date : 2026-05-09 03:00:00

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.