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CLEVELAND – A month ago, Clyde Frazier was sitting in a back hallway of State Farm Arena chatting with a reporter. In a few hours, the Knicks would take the floor for a win-or-die Game 4 against Atlanta. Naturally, the conversation with Frazier turned to the Knicks’ struggles with the Hawks.
What was wrong with the offense? Should Mike Brown change the starting lineup? How do they slow down CJ McCollum?
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Before parting ways, Frazier offered one last thought on the Knicks.
“They have a lot of pride in there,” he said, “A lot of pride. Let’s see what happens.”
Fast forward four weeks and Frazier is on the court in Cleveland, celebrating the Knicks’ Eastern Conference title.
“They’re on a roll,” Frazier said after New York’s dominant Game 4 win.
Obviously, Frazier was right about the pride in the Knick locker room. New York is undefeated since the Hall of Famer shared his thoughts on that Sunday in Atlanta.
And Frazier thinks the best may be yet to come for New York.
“The last 11 games, the way they’re getting up and down the court, everyone is moving and grooving,” Frazier said late Monday night.
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“Every game they seem to get better and better (with) movement, defense. I think the pace is what’s really changed,” Frazier said. “They can go on runs now, 10 or 15 points, and just blow the game right open. And they weren’t doing that during the regular season.”
Yes, Frazier sees similarities between his title-winning teams and these Knicks.
“Once we got healthy, we had that good continuity going,” Frazier said of the 1973 champs. “They have 10 guys that are thriving, so it doesn’t seem to matter who (Brown) puts in the game, they come through with what they need.”
It was only fitting that Frazier and Patrick Ewing – two franchise icons – presented the Eastern Conference MVP trophy to Jalen Brunson.
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Frazier’s message to Brunson was brief:
“I just told the maestro to keep doing it. He’s very level-headed, always wants to do team-oriented things. He’s very focused,” Frazier said.
A few feet away, John Starks was taking in the…
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