Quentin Grimes was not in uniform the night Pascal Siakam torched the Knicks for 52 points last month, sitting out due to a sprained ankle.
But the starting shooting guard was a key factor defensively in holding the Raptors’ big man to 18 points in, the Knicks’ fourth in a row entering Monday’s home game against the Bucks.
“That was kind of the first time all game I had to guard, like, Scottie [Barnes] and Siakam down low in the post for most of the game,” said Grimes, who also scored 16 points in the victory. “It’s a different challenge, kind of a different obstacle for me to try to not let him get [to the] middle, force him [to the] base line, because I know I got help from Mitch [Robinson, center] on the back side. “I mean, it’s tough because those guys are bigger.
“Quentin, I don’t want to overlook his contribution,” Thibodeau said after the game. “In this situation, you have to guard a lot of guys with size, and sometimes he was on their guards, small guards who are quick and dynamic with the ball. And then other times, he was on Siakam or [OG] Anunoby or Barnes, and those guys pose different problems.
Grimes’ contributions and two-way effort have come to be expected by his teammates and the coaching staff. Point guard Jalen Brunson said he was “not surprised at all” by Grimes’ effectiveness against Siakam, who also sank 9 of 11 free-throw attempts in the game.
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