Immanuel Quickley scored career-high 38 points as the Knicks defeted the Celtics in double-overtime. It was the ninth straight win for New York. The team is currently fifth in the Eastern Conference with 39 wins and 27 losses.
After the game Quickley talked about his own performance against Boston as well about the whole Knicks team that managed to defeat one of the top teams in the East.
“God is good, he gets all the glory,” the 23-year-old shooting guard said. “My teammates did a great job, give me a place where I can be successful. I’m really proud of my team. Double overtime against a really good team. You can’t ask for nothing better on Sunday.”
“Man we got some dogs, we got some dogs,” Quickley said when asked what he learned about the Knicks in this game. “Can’t wait to get back and celebrate but you know we not satisfied at all we gonna continue to get better, continue to make a push down the stretch.”
This season Quickley is averaging 13 points, 4 rebound and 3.1 assists in 27.6 minutes per game.
