- ABC News
- November 26, 2024
After his Denver Nuggets "got embarrassed" in a 145-118 blowout loss to the New York Knicks on Monday night, coach Michael Malone was adamant this is one game that he won't be "flushing." "F--- that man, no. No, we're not flushing," Malone said in response to a reporter's question. "You don't flush when you get embarrassed, you don't flush when you gave up 145 points, you don't flush when you didn't play hard, didn't play with effort, physicality, I'm not flushing anything." The Knicks led by 12 points after the first quarter, 23 at halftime and by many as 30 on a night the team shot a sizzling 60.9% from the floor. Their 45 assists matched the single-game team record set against Cleveland on Nov. 24, 1979. New York's 145 points marked the most scored by a visitor to Ball Arena since the Los Angeles Lakers scored 146 in an overtime win on April 10, 2022. It was the most points a visiting team had scored in a regulation game in Denver since...