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Miles McBride is making a significant impact in the Knicks' playoff run, scoring 26 points in the last two games and shooting nearly 48% from three-point range. He is doing this while playing through pain after recovering from core muscle surgery.
Miles McBride has made eight of his last 16 attempts from 3-point range. Heās got 26 total points over his last two games and is shooting almost 48% from deep through the first four games of the Knicksā first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks. Plus, heās playing hard-nosed point-of-attack defense, whether itās guarding C.J. McCollum, Nickeil Alexander-Walker or any of the Hawksā other perimeter scoring threats.
Now, hereās the kicker: McBride is doing it all in pain, nearly a month removed from his first game back following core muscle surgery to repair a sports hernia.
āI had surgery, yeah,ā McBride said, when asked if heās still experiencing lingering discomfort from the late January procedure. āItās something ā everybody is banged up at this time of the year. So just gotta go out there and perform.ā
Through four first-round playoff games, McBride has posted a plus-21.2 net rating, meaning the Knicks have outscored the Hawks by an average of more than 21 points for every 100 possessions āDeuceā is on the floor this series. Only one Knick has a higher net rating ā Jose Alvarado, who hasnāt logged nearly as many minutes as McBride during this playoff stretch.
Alvarado, however, doesnāt have what McBride has described as a āstabbing feelingā all throughout his core, oblique and pelvic region: The Knicksā backup guard and sixth man missed two months of action recovering from surgery following a Jan. 27 matchup with the Sacramento Kings.
āIāve dealt with injuries before, but this one was different,ā McBride said after practice at the teamās Tarrytown training facility on Monday. āJust it being your core, your groins, your hips, everything you do in life is through your center of gravity.
āBut I lean on God, I lean on the people around me, and our medical staffās done a great job.ā
After an early rough go, heās finally finding his stride: McBride made just six of his first 27 attempts from the field upon his return from sports hernia surgery. He then shot 8-of-15 from the field in the season finale against the , and after shooting two-of-nine from the field through the first two games of the first-round series, McBride is finding the bottom of the net.
Miles McBride is shooting almost 48% from three-point range in the playoffs.
Miles McBride has scored a total of 26 points over his last two playoff games.
Miles McBride recovered from core muscle surgery to repair a sports hernia before the playoffs.
Miles McBride has posted a plus-21.2 net rating through the first four playoff games.
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Heās helping Jalen Brunson create some space on the ball, too.
Much like former head coach Tom Thibodeau, Mike Brown prefers to use McBride off the ball as a spot-up shooter ā but also as a guard-to-guard screen setter.
ā[I like to] try to make [Jalenās] job as easy as possible, as well the rest of the teammates out there,ā McBride said after practice on Monday. āAny time Iām on the floor, I try to make everybodyās lives easier, whether thatās on the defensive or offensive end. Just bringing whatever I have, whatever my talents are, whatever I see in the game, and do it.ā
The Knicks outscored the Hawks by 13 points in the 23 minutes McBride played in their Game 4 win in Atlanta on Saturday. The Knicks have a plus-29.5 net rating in the 63 minutes both McBride and Brunson shared on the court this series, and theyāll need more out of their backup guard as they progress through the playoffs.
McBride is ready ā and his teammates know it.
āHeās been playing great. To be able to use him in certain actions and play off-ball, and obviously his shooting capability, the way he plays defense and everything,ā said Brunson, āHe does a lot for our team. So, I think regardless of whoās on the floor, heās gonna do a lot of great things.ā