Nix hit the Rose Garden for the final game of the West Coast trip with Dame Dollars and Cam Reddish awaiting what you hear the music so it was not a Cam Reddish revenge game although it looked to be because the next shot out the gates a little bit slow blazers had it going early but it was a tail of two halves because in the second half the douche was loose Josh Hart was all heart IQ RJ Julius a complete team effort led the Nix to a 123 to 107 victory against the Portland Trail Blazers capping off the West Coast trip going to and to getting a much needed win to maintain that pace in the playoff race and to get it done without that floor general Jalen Brunson man great win by the team complete team effort and the Nix get it done man 123 to 107 great job by the squad man great job because when the game first started the way they were looking you know one of the things you want to see first is does Julius maintain his first quarter dominance didn't have it picked up three fouls in the first quarter surprisingly a lot of turnovers in the first quarter by the team six turnovers by the team not much ball movement shots weren't falling Nix very much look like a team that was on the last game of a road trip ready to come back east they just did not have it they had my T stable looking like Clay Thompson out there early in the game I was ashamed however things got go you know nix would down by six going into the the second half and they started off the half and Dame started going again and he was cooking Grimes let's be real my my guy Grimes had a tough night with Dame you reach I teach he was schooling Grimes the whole game just being a vet but when douche McBride came into the game things started changing his effort on Dame was impressive he had one play where blazers were trying to get out and transition he deflected the past the past still got to Anthony Simon's and then he blocked Simon's dunk attempt that was the type of time douche McBride was on tonight and it was infectious douche and he got up oh he got up he got up douche McBride with a career high 18 points three assists one steal two blocks four of five from downtown six of eight shooting from the field and look man this this is the type of effort this is the type of output that will keep douche McBride on the floor when the team needs him he was absolutely dynamic on the floor and and and every bit of a player the game but I pick for play the game was actually a duet of fantastic game great hi it was great I thought it was Josh hard hmm I thought it was Josh hard by a little bit returning in the Portland because the the nicks offense had no flow to it they were lifeless they were cooked when Josh hard came into the game he became the point guard playmaking for his team Josh hard 16 points eight assists three steals nine rebounds six to thirteen from field two or five from downtown he was all over the court man did everything that this team needed from him and you could feel it you could feel it like his effort level outside of douche Josh hard's effort level was just better than everyone else and I felt like those two guys hard and douche really galvanized his team because like I said this team really looked like a team that was ready to come home this the second unit really shine today I was just so impressed because you look at that first unit quickly wasn't really being aggressive he didn't attack the paint he was deferring to Julius you mentioned how grimes was just he was just fluster trying to guard Damien Lord in the first half Julius Randall was just not himself Mitch was struggling with yurk it uh Nirkic it was a rough outing but then you get that second unit comes in there and then next thing you know it's a game you know I mean like I think at some point they brought it down to even six within the second unit with McBride olby those guys were just cooking RJ with the second unit because he was being aggressive man said I think he went seven for ten in the paint tonight he continues to finish well in the restricted area and so when you have RJ being able to attack downhill you and McBride giving that infectious energy on defense Josh heart coming in there looking to push the pace and attacking transition we're talking about the second unit even in the fourth quarter that second unit like busted the doors open yeah that that's that's who wanted for this team because it wasn't going to be Julius it wasn't going to be Julius tonight even though he had his moments as you said in the second quarter Julius was struggling you see that he was exhausted out there he couldn't find his rhythm and you really had to rely on the second unit we don't have that second unit this game is much different big time you're gonna Dame Willow we're talking about Dame just dropped 40 and we're out we're out here like wow this road trip was not successful but we're talking about two and two on a west coast trip without Jalen Brunson this team stepped up when we need them too what's up man I just wanted to say earlier on half time I called in a push I called it on half time and I said we had a 7.5 chance percent change I mean 7.5 to 10 first to come back and when we're only down by 6 it was important for us that we kept the young people in there man it was very important because Randall by himself unless he has Brunson in there we don't get the full potential of Randall he can't play me and let these guys get the ball as well he starts taking a necessary shot and it's just not the full potential of Randall young dudes have to be in there more often I hope the next couple gives for the playoffs tips get to see the bench play more often because we have a lot of potential we don't have any star power per se but that's a strength in a way because who you going to defend anyone can have a hot game at any moment and it's a really good thing to see. I mean for me this was just this was a good team win this is the game ball goes to the New York Knicks for me it's about the front of the jersey the night you know I just hear the caller he shouted out tibs I'm gonna just shout out the whole organization from top to bottom we doing everything that we supposed to be doing we in the top five we looking good and my stuitchesite is I'm looking at the playoffs I'm looking at the Cleveland Cavaliers and they got 28 wins against the armed conference but 12 of those wins is against a division and most of those wins is against teams like Detroit Chicago Indiana the next play against way tougher teams man we we ready for the man we played good on the road so I'm just looking at the five spot and I just I hope that we stay right and trenching that five spot because that's where we need to be we right in our sweet spot everything is clicking we get Brunson back we're going to be looking good go nicks and one more thing CP I got to point this out you know because I was like actually on this show and I was like predicting that the nicks would draft my boy you know doos mcbride I was like probably the first person to mention his name on this very show so it's good to see my boy cooking up and doing good you know cam reddish cam Newton Campbell super didn't matter to me man don't miss man let's get it man that's how you ended that's how you ended man shout out to Jay from East New York man log time listen log time caller all right man we got a a nice layover a couple days off we'll have a couple something the content is still rolling we got game of the week next nuggets preview we got two interviews getting ready to drop and a couple more on the way stick with us trust and believe man we are rocking straight through to the end of this season whenever it ends man because this next team is rocking so Al great show again and we'll chop it up tomorrow man peace